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Haha this is pretty awesome. Good job, let us know if/when they respond.

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Just stumbled across this. Pretty amazing stuff you did here. I love the dedication and pictures from start to finish. Good job! :mug:

I don't mean to hijack your thread @tritch but I had a question about this comment. I'll be bottling my first extract brew next week and I was just going to siphon to bottling bucket and add priming sugar and bottle. What's this talk about cold crash and gelatin?

What did you end up brewing?

Welcome from Utica! I'm pretty new to the forum myself and will be brewing my second extract kit this weekend. I'm also planning on going to BIAB though :tank:

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Same exact situation here! My first batch started fermenting 1 1/2 weeks ago and I had an extra kit but no carboy. I talked to one of my buddies who doesn't plan on brewing anything until Spring and he let me borrow his 5 and 6 gallon carboys for the time being. I plan on brewing sometime...

This is a pretty awesome thread! I'll be on the lookout for anything that I can use for sure. I'm pretty new to homebrewing so I'm still figuring out everything that I want/need. I'll be brewing my second extract kit tomorrow afternoon but I know I'm eventually going to want to get into...

Is there any difference in fermentation starting in 5 hours compared to 45 hours? Is it better if fermentation starts later in the process? Earlier? Does it even matter?

Fermentation started today! It could have started earlier but I'm going to say it started 16 hours after I pitched the yeast. I thought it typically starts after 48 hours. Here's a video:

I think I just need to keep brewing and experimenting to fully understand what I like and don't like. I'm sure a lot of it's personal preference. Yeah, I decided to get into home brewing because I found myself trying a lot of random custom beer at a local discount beer store. I'm sure it'll...

Thanks! With the help of the guys on this forum, especially @marcstache I was able to put together a custom kit all for under $300 after shipping. I have a fermometer on my carboy but that's about as much as I'm going to do as monitoring/controlling. I haven't put much thought into that yet.

My supplies were shipped a few days ago and I was finally able to get to brewing tonight for my first time. I think the process went well but I guess we'll see in the coming days. It took me about 5 hours from start to finish including cleanup. Nut Brown Ale Extract Kit Recipe Volume: 5...