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Forgot to update y’all, but TLDR, the beer was okay after all - not nearly as good as the sample I tried right after lagering, but not an oxidized mess either. I attribute that to the fact that most of the five gallons were consumed just a few days after that hairy transfer out of the bottles...

Now I'm starting to kick myself in the shin for not posting here asking for help. The heater thing didn't even cross my mind. I am looking at the bright side of owning a keg now, always seemed like such a neat thing, keeping your beer in shiny, pressurized vessel dedicated to your homebrew...

The beer needs to be in action on Tuesday, and I think with how cold it still is even in the warmest part of my house, it would have taken more like 2 weeks to get the rest of the way there. Putting it beyond the holidays, which I need it for!

Oh boy. So the story begins with brewing up a five gallon batch of Oktoberfest... about 6 months too late. Indeed, I was unable to brew my favorite style of beer until the month of September for various reasons, but I was looking at the upsides: it would be my 5th batch of beer after 4 relative...

First post! Today I inspected my first brew, an amber ale, currently on day 3 in secondary, day 10 overall. Seems to have cleared a good amount since transferring it, which is nice! When I tasted it after being in the fermenter for 7 days, it was unfortunately very fusely and had quite heavy...