No, my nuts arent brown
The capper doesnt make much sound at all
I have a friend that has been homebrewing since the 80's and has sold me bottles and even capable champagne bottles. I drink enough beer myself though so most of those bottles were already mine lol. Im just starting out so im using malt extracts
Thanks for letting me know! Ive already invested like $250 in this for getting started and trust me I've been drooling looking at the more fancy pro stuff. Next thing I want to get is a better kettle and something to keep my fermenter cool. I live in florida and been putting my 5 gallon bucket/carboy in a 10 gallon metal bucket filled with water and frozen bottles to keep it cool. I ruined my first brew because it was too warm and ended up tasting horrible.
Do you think its ok to keep my bottles just in a box? I took my thermometer out of my cigar humidor and put it on top of the boxes and its says right now its 76 degrees. Is that too hot? I read that you want the bottles to be a bit warmer than your fermenting temp and that the highest you could go is 80 degrees.