montanafos
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I appreciate the information I am finding on this forum. Very helpful for a new guy. I have 2 batches in the works currently and want to determine whether or not I've made a mistake that will prove to be a big deal. The first batch is an English Brown Ale and it is now in a carboy for the last 5 days. All seems to be going well, however, I just read something that tells me I should have filled the carboy to with an inch or so of the top. I did not do that. I transferred from the primary to the carboy and did not add anything as I thought I recalled reading that from the time it leaves the primary you want to do everything with as little agitation as possible. Will this end up being a problem for me? There's probably 6 inches from the beer to the top of the carboy. I did fill the primary to the 5 gallon level when I trensferred the wort in to it. My next batch is Kolsch and will be going in to a carboy this weekend. Should I be filling the carboy to the top with water as what I read was suggesting? Thanks for your input.