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Have 6 gallon glass carboy in swamp bath. Cooler filled half way with water and towel draped over carboy. Using frozen gallon jugs in water to cool. What should water temp be in the swamp bath? Trying to ferment around 64-67 degrees. Water temp is reading 58 right now. Not sure what this...

Reading a bit from John Palmer in how to brew and he discusses the hot and cold break, and the effects it can have on your beer. When I transferred from pot to carboy, I did not strain the wort between the two. I just poured directly from pot to carboy a couple times to aireate. Should I rack...

2nd Brew - Went with True Brew Kit - American Wheat First SG is supposed to be 1.049 - 1.051. Final supposed to be 1.012 - 1.014. After transfer to carboy and top off water, at around 75 degrees, SG reads 1.136. Is this a problem? I did take the sample from the bottom of the pot (possibly...

Completed the first brew this morning. True Brew Indian Pale Ale. Super pumped and hopefully everything comes out well. Just wanted to go over my steps and any lessons I learned a long the way. 1. Sanitized everything. Use my 5 gal boiling pot, filled it with 2 gallons of water and 1/4 oz...

Ok, got the mini fridge rigged up for the carboy ferment. What I did is folded the ice tray to the back of the fridge, and put the thermostat for the fridge itself in contact with the ice tray. This way the thermostat is at the coldest spot possible, turning the compressor off more...

Last night I purchased all my equipment for my first extract brew. Going with the True Brew - Maestro Series India Pale Ale. I've done a good bit of research and wanted to go step by step on my plan of attack. Below is basically the directions from the Home Brew Box with my input and...