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I'm considering using this fridge for a fermentation chamber (managed with a Johnson controller). I ferment small batches primarily in 5-gallon food-safe buckets like these: http://beprepared.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_MS%20C101_A_name_E_5-Gallon+Bucket+with+Lid which I have drilled for airlocks...

n00b lesson and question. Got up early today to brew a kit for E. J. Phair's Phat Quail Ale I bought in NorCal (which I later found available by mail order, but never mind -- it was a nice visit to an LHBS). While checking the kit against the recipe, I found something is incorrect --...

So I'm looking at the following recipe for a partial mash oatmeal stout: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/no-clever-name-oatmeal-stout-26289/#post258513 As a n00b, I'd like to check that I'm reading this correctly. I understand the ingredients. However, I'm really unsure about the steps...

Is it wrong to temporarily rack into, say, a sanitized bottling bucket, clean and sanitize the first bucket, then immediately rack back into it? Longer story: like a lot of us I'm making every nickel count. Though I do plan to get another carboy I was actually going to wait until my LHBS got...

I have managed to survive my first few days as a homebrew n00b. I only opened the fermentation bucket once, tonight, to replace the o-ring I pushed into the bucket and retrieve some liquid for a hydrometer reading (of course, I sanitized everything very carefully and re-sanitized the lid, too)...

Just a shout-out from a brewing n00b (who read the stickies and is therefore not going to ask "did I ruin my brew," at least not for several more weeks)