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This is going to be kind of long because I want to be pretty specific. I think I’ve made 6 or 7 batches of homebrew (all from kits) and I’ve had this situation come up pretty often. I follow instructions pretty well (as I really don’t know yet how deviations affect the outcome that much). With...

Ok.. odd question but it may help others too. As of writing this our 5 gallon Northern Brewers Bavarian Hefe extract kit has been in primary for one week. I am planning on bottling it next Sunday 8/13. Three days after bottling, we start a two day car trip to the beach and we will be there for...

This is my 6th or 7th batch of 5 gallon kits from Northern Brewers. Everything was done by the book and it’s stopped all activity. I can’t even get a bubble if I slightly rock the fermenter. I used a blowoff tube into a two quarter bottle of water and StarSan. Here are the details: Pitched dry...

I just tasted my Captain’s Ration Export Stout extract kit brew. It has been bottle conditioning for 3weeks. The Kit instructions said the OG was to be 1.073 and mine was 1.072. I kept it on the primary for 1 month. My FG was 1.024 which came out to be 6.419 ABV based on my hydrometer readings...

I’m making a stout from a kit. I used SafeAle S-04 which was one of the recommended yeasts for the kit. The fermentation temp for SafeAle S-04 is indicated as 59-68 degreesF. I know there is some controversy about “revised” S-04 temps, but I went with the 59-68 range and believe it to be better...

The instructions on the clone kit I’m brewing says that the fermentation range is 62-72F. I have two wifi thermometers..one attached to the side of the fermenter about half way up and another just hanging from a nail about 3 ft away from the fermenter at about the same level from the floor as...

Ok. Not happy here!!!!!! I had just put my wort chiller in my wort and turned on the cold water faucet which sends cold tap water(which is chlorinated) thru my wort chiller and back to the sink drain. This is the second time I’ve used this wort chiller. First time no prob!!! This time a very...

I’ve ordered a beer kit called Captain’s Ration Export Stout. It is an extract kit. Instructions call for cooling the wort to 72 degrees then pitching two packs of S-04 dry yeast into the wort. It’s an estimated 1.072 OG and 7.1 ABV beer. I’m going to chill the wort with a wort chiller but that...

Hello again!! I’m buying an Extra Dry Irish Stout extract kit and the OG is supposed to be 1.072. They suggest in the instructions that I make a yeast starter. No other instructions than that as far as the yeast starter. They have supplied 2 packets of Wyeast 1084. My kit also includes 1 lb...

Ok, it didn’t really fall out but the stopper with the airlock in it came loose for about 5 seconds when I hit it wrapping the Fermonster with a blanket. It was about half way in the hole so I just stuck it back in. First question is did that mess up anything? Second question, the airlock...

I have a wifi thermometer attached to the side of my fermenter. I also have another in the same room a few feet away from the fermenter. When a certain yeast gives a temp range for a wort, such as 59-73F, should I use the room temperature thermometer or the one on the fermenter to gauge the...

Brewed my first batch of American Pale Ale yesterday in kit form from MoreBeer. It was a liquid extract kit. All seemed to go well but I do have several questions for you folks. I’ve brewed before about 30 years ago but my memory of that is about as gone as yesterday’s bacon. First, the recipe...

Cheers all! Just brewed my first American Pale Ale after a 30 year hiatus!!! Fermenting now in a Fermonster. Hugh and beautiful krauzen layer but very few bubbles in the three piece airlock. I’ve only used the S type airlock before. I may have a leak in the Fermonster lid but it seemed to seat...