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Not sure how much wort those kits produce, but i'd say go with a larger pot. Alot of times, depending on brew, a 60 min boil will boil off a gallon of wort. So for a 5 gallon batch your looking around 6 gallons pre-boil. I use a 9 gallon and at a rolling boil it gets pretty darn close to the brim.
 
AlreadyXDead said:
Not sure how much wort those kits produce, but i'd say go with a larger pot. Alot of times, depending on brew, a 60 min boil will boil off a gallon of wort. So for a 5 gallon batch your looking around 6 gallons pre-boil. I use a 9 gallon and at a rolling boil it gets pretty darn close to the brim.
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Old news bud :) the 5 gallon extract kits have u add 2.5 gallons of water in the pot. I used a 5 gallon and it did great :) of course it added more volume when I added more stuf such as hops, grains, and the DME & LME. But it still worked out great :)


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Brew another beer or go buy some. Refrain from cracking them open too early. A few days short likely won't make much difference, but a few too many certainly will, and it won't taste all that great, and so you will basically have wasted how ever many you tried early.

I typically ferment and condition mine for four weeks these days, and give them a complete week in the fridge. I extended the ferment/condition times because I had an IPA taste much like Ranger and told my friend. By the time he stopped by a week later they had morphed and were nothing like Ranger, though still good. And a week in the fridge ensures they are properly carbed up and clear, if clear even matters.
 
Yeah it will be a full week tomorrow.. So one more week in the fermentation.. Then I'll bottle carb for 2 weeks, then stick them babies in the fridge :) yeah I'll defently have to buy some beer tomorrow.. Because the smell of the beer is making me want it so bad! The co2 it's putting off I can smell it in the room :) has a Caramel/hop smell :) but I am also ready for this batch to be done so I can use my Carboy for a different batch(:)


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Yeah it will be a full week tomorrow.. So one more week in the fermentation.. Then I'll bottle carb for 2 weeks, then stick them babies in the fridge :) yeah I'll defently have to buy some beer tomorrow.. Because the smell of the beer is making me want it so bad! The co2 it's putting off I can smell it in the room :) has a Caramel/hop smell :) but I am also ready for this batch to be done so I can use my Carboy for a different batch(:)


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I would leave it in the bottles for more than 2 weeks before putting them in the fridge, but others will certainly disagree with me.
 
The common time frame is 3 weeks for both fermentation and conditioning. It's for a good reason. I'd refrain from cutting that too short.

It's like my quote from Revvy:

Originally Posted by Revvy
...tasting a beer at 1 week, and again at 2....that to me just means there 2 less beers that are actually tasting good and are ready at the end.

You'll be rewarded for your patience.
 
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The common time frame is 3 weeks for both fermentation and conditioning. It's for a good reason. I'd refrain from cutting that too short.

It's like my quote from Revvy:

Originally Posted by Revvy
...tasting a beer at 1 week, and again at 2....that to me just means there 2 less beers that are actually tasting good and are ready at the end.

You'll be rewarded for your patience.
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Im going to have to argue with this one.. It's never a waste if you drink the beer and like it... Now it may taste better a week later but it wouldn't be a waste if you drank it and enjoyed it. But yes 1st week alright but 2nd week Awesome.. Yup I do agree with the patience..


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Hey guys, so it's been 6 days.. I have yet to see a bubble all day long.. Yesterday it bubbled like every 30 minutes.. Maybe even long, the airlock that is. Do you think it's done? Or should I rack to secondary and wait a few days to see what happens?


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It's certainly possible to be done by now. Or it could be the cold temp you posted on the other thread.

I'd leave it for a total of 3 weeks if not 4 though. No need for a secondary, but if you do want to do that I'd leave it for a total of 2 weeks in primary.
 
Yeah well I brought down the temp that low about an hour ago..


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I checked ABV with hydrometer and the instructions say FG 1.020-1.024 and it's at 1.020 so I went ahead and prime sugared and bottled:) I've noticed the fermentation has slowed a lot! I went ahead and added 4oz instead of 5 JUST IN CASE the fermentation does pop back up :) it taste amazing even flat..


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Bottled last night, I went ahead and tried a bit ago and opened one.. Wow.. All I can say is wow.. Best beer I have ever had! I know only 1 day of carb.. And amazingly it's amazing! Obviously has a while to go to carbonate.. But I give this beer 5 stars! I am now bitten by the brew bug(; thank you all for the help!


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