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Hi Everyone! Two questions: 1) I let my beer do its primary fermentation in the bottling bucket accidentally and now I have to bottle it. Should I siphon it to my carboy and then back to the bottling bucket in order to mix in the sugar before bottling it in order to get rid of the...

Thanks for all the advice! My primary fermenter doesn't actually have a spigot because I'm pretty sure I've accidentally used by bottling bucket. I'll have to autosiphon it when it comes to bottling. The Coopers IPA kit suggests that I leave it only for seven days to ferment. But...

I'm a first time beer brewer and I'm confused about the basic steps of brewing before bottling. The instructions that came with my Coopers IPA kit tell me that my beer is read to bottle after about 7 days and after the SG has been steady for a couple of days. But there are many forums online...

I'm a first time brewer, and I too am using my bottling bucket for primary fermentation. As suggested on this forum, I've left the lid loose. After seven days, the bubbling has died down and the SG reading is down to 1.024 from an OG of 1.034. I've heard that it's possible to just opt for a...

I'm brewing my first batch of beer ever: Coopers IPA. I somehow forgot to put my beer into my glass carboy for the primary fermentation, so it is currently fermenting in my bottling bucket (with the lid not sealed tightly). It is now on the 7th day of fermenting and the SG is currently at...