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Thanks for all the suggestions! I think it's time to throw out the kit directions now..

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That's a new idea, I'll have to try that out next time (I'm not against double-hopping at all). Unfortunately, I'm moving soon so it will be awhile until I get up and running again. I'm also looking at ideas to bring that temperature down (cheap ideas), has anyone had luck with the "rubbermaid...

I pitched the yeast dry, and bottled after a week. I use a hydrometer to get the SG readings. It looks like that may be the part of the instructions that I shouldn't follow, bottling after a week. It's also possible that the yeast had been sitting in the kit for awhile.

OG: 1.043 FG: 1.021 I left it in primary for a week, although I stopped seeing signs of fermentation before the end of the second day.

So I have just finished my second batch of beer (a bock) and I noticed that both batches had very low alcohol. The bock, for example, was only about 2.8%. What's going on?! I have noticed that my basement tends to run on the warm side for fermentation (about 77 degrees F); could that be it...

Definitely in!

...but winning them would be cheaper

Sounds great! Definitely in!