Welcome aboard. I have found that patience isn't so bad once the pipeline has been built up.

Like they said, just walk away and leave it be for 4 weeks. We know it's hard.

I have noticed that I come up a bottle or two short every time. It is due to the waste that is in the bottom of the fermenter, and if you take samples for SG I think. Yes to both. You can eek out a little more volume by cold crashing, just because it compacts the trub making bottling the last few e...

I don't know what is in your kit, I'm assuming essentials like, you know bottles. Maybe caps and a capper if they aren't screw-ons.

The only thing *I* wouldn't want to be without is a Bottling wand.

Whoops!

It will be fine, gotta do what you gotta do.

Welcome aboard!

Welcome to the Borg, hope you have fun whatever you brew. Cider sounds delicious. I've read about making beer from sorghum instead of malt, to be gluten free, but never tried it.

Welcome aboard, brew on!

Wow, nice. Congrats.

I don't know what you mean exactly by concentration. I buy Oxyclean Free, and spiff it up with TSP.

http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2012/11/su ... clean.html

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Enjoy your new kit, and I would also recommend you stick with a canned recipe for your first few brews. I started with Mr. Beer, so I have no experience with Brew Demon, but I'm sure their kits are good, too. No one mentioned it, but the fermenter you have can handle around 2.5 gallons. But there ar...