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Good to know. I was hoping all was fine. Thanks!

Hi I need some advice with the progress on my first attempt brewing/making a scoby. I used some directions that called for a starter with some black tea, plain white sugar, and the bottom half of a GT Original Kombucha for starter. That went into my gallon jar then into the closet, and about 8-9...

That's another thing I was worried about taking the lid on and off to sample. I've been trying to wait a couple days in between each reading to lessen the possibility. If I screw up at least there is a bar close by that has Weihenstephan on tap, so we'll get our hefeweizen one way or the...

Although I'm a bit anxious to get it bottled and start the countdown to drinking time I certainly don't want to rush it and waste effort. Today's sample does seem to taste better (less bitter) than it did a few days ago and the color looks a bit nicer, although the latter could be my imagination.

Yeah it's in a bucket and I was a little worried about that. I left the lid off once for a few minutes before I knew better and lately just long enough to get a reading sample. It looks, smells, and tastes good, so hopefully I will be ok.

Thanks. The recipe with the kit had the whole primary/secondary process completed in about 10-11 days, but I know things can vary. I'll give it more time and keep lifting the lid looking for the fermentation to stop. It's definitely still active.

My weizen has been in the primary for 12 days now and it looks like I have hit my FG of 1.011-1.013. Looking at the surface of the brew I still see some bubbling action, which I assume means fermentation is still going on. Should I wait until it stops or go ahead and bottle considering my...

Haven't found it yet, nor do I want to. I'm having too much fun looking. :mug:

Excellent. :ban: Thanks!

Doing my 1st batch (a weizen) and it's been in the primary 1 week now. Just took a reading and it looks to be at about 1.014 and still fairly active fermentation visible with the lid off. Noticed some small darker areas in the very thin surface foam and stuck my nose way down in there to get a...

Also the name of one of my favorites songs by Depeche Mode.

Did they serve it in those little teenie glasses? I remember when in old town there I went to the bars hoping to get a good pint of something and all they had anywhere were these little glasses, which really annoyed me for some reason.

I was going to say that even with your mistake you scored higher than a big percentage of those folks, so I'd say you should be pretty proud. This gives me hope that my 1st batch in the primary right now will turn out pretty good, especially since I started my fermentation a good bit above the...

I took a reading this evening and I'm not there yet. Looks like there is still a lot of activity going on, just not enough to make the airlock bubble with any frequency. I'm reading that that is perfectly normal. Maybe if I sat there for 5-10 minutes I'd see something, but I've got another 1/3...

That's pretty funny. I may be a noob brewer, but I'm not a noob drinker. I'm pretty lucky where I live that dang near everywhere I go has one of the local microbrews on tap. Heck even Fenway Park has decent beer on tap. If I do go someplace that has only evil empire beer I'm pretty much with...

I had a six-pack that someone gave me and it sat in my basement for about 2 years. About a month ago I figured what the heck throw it in the fridge and drink it. Not sure if it was the normal Heineken taste or it was altered with several mild temperature cycles. I suspect the former, but I'm...

Trying to figure the same thing out myself, or if I should even secondary at all. This makes a lot of sense. As another new brewer I've got my 1st batch in the primary and made a couple noob errors getting going. I'm doing a bavarian weizen and pitched it at too warm a temp and it visually...

Just did my first batch (weizen) and it was a partial boil as well, topped off with 3 gals of cold water. I used spring water I purchased straight out of the bottle to top off and cool, so hopefully that's not an issue. At any rate I took an OG reading at 84F and mine was high (1.052). With the...

Hopefully it will be decent brew and not too strong flavors I don't want. I will let it stand for a week in the primary and then get a reading. I'll know pitch temp better next time regardless, so at least I've learned something.

Thanks for all the replies. I'm a little miffed the kit directions were not more explicit. Even the guys at the brew store told me not to do much pre-brew research - just keep it simple and follow the directions. Hopefully it will decent brew. I'm hearing I should just skip the secondary...