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I find myself in a situation with awkward timing. I am currently a student living on campus living pretty far away from my permanent residence. I want to start a new brew, but I am going to have to go home for winter break mid december. I know that I won't want to transport the carboy in...

haha yeah... it was a happy 68 when I started, then a heat wave hit and it was in the high 90s low 100s for three days (EDIT: the outside temperature was that high, not my beer :-P). It caught me off guard and I was unprepared for it. I rigged up a good system though, and I'm smarter for it.

So I'm on day six of fermentation of my first brew. It is an American Light Ale, OG of 1058. It was a little hot for the first couple days of fermentation, read 77ish on my stick on thermometer. The last 4 days it has been in a cooler with some water and ice, and I draped a wet towel over...

Yeah I have a hydrometer, I was just nervous to pop it open if i didn't have too yet, prevent any contamination. It should be cooler soon, its a freak heat wave. They even closed most of the schools and put out a weather alert because of the damaged ozone or something like that... In the...

I've heard that distilled water is bad for brewing. Is that true, and is it bad enough to ruin a batch?

I just rigged up a system with a cooler that doesn't fit the entire fermentation bucket. I have it sitting in it with a few ice packs and frozen water bottles. To prevent the cold air from getting out (since it can't close) I draped a towel over the top to insulate it a bit. Over night when...

Yeah I thought CT was a coldish climate... didn't account for this sudden heat wave though haha I'll try the AC room and wrap up the fermentor in a towel. In the meantime I'll look for a good storage cooler as you said. I have a kegerator, but I can't control the temperature in it and it...

Yes, It is a stick on thermo. It only goes up to 76 degrees though and it has pretty consistantly been right around there. I was thinking of moving it to my roommate's air conditioned room, but he only has it on at night so I figured the fluctuation of temperature from day to night might be...

I am new to brewing as this is my first batch. I am brewing an American Ale. I boiled the wort on friday, cooled it down, and pitched 2 packets of dry yeast at around 76 degrees. The OG was 1.058. I began seeing airlock activity after about 8 hours, and saturday morning it was bubbles...