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Bricktown Brewery in OKC

thats what I figured, but I still need to drink 2 more HB's to have all the bottles needed

how "open" was it? if it was just a lil open you should be okay. The positive pressure of the CO2 escaping the bukkit should keep nasties and O2 from getting in.

Just remembered that I didn't rehydrate my yeast before I pitched it. DAMN

Recipe: Munton's Nut Brown kit .25lb roasted malt steeped for half hour .75lb Krystal malt steeped for half hour 3lb krystal DME 11g kit yeast 11g Safeale ale yeast Fermentation was VIGOROUS at 18hrs post pitch IG: 1.057 Kit indicated that the FG would be around 1.010 - 1.008...

no problem!

its okay to use it straight from the tap. It will also help to cool your wort even more before you pitch your yeast. If your tap water tastes good (not chemically, or minerally etc. ) Its okay to brew with.

Thanks!! already planning my second :) but my pregnant SWMBO has dictated that I have to wait till this one is mostly consumed before..........oh well. a Nut Brown is next.

its only been in the bottle for a week today. I had one last night so I could compare it to the finished product in mid October. (learning experience) it was pretty darn good!! Good solid head, not overcarbbed. Medium body with a nice hop finish. It's floc'ed out well and I know it will...

thats exactly what I did.

I really have to resist the urge to pop a top early.

all bottled up. 50 12oz in all. I'm already planning my next batch. I want to do an amber, or a nut brown ale. This batch of Cooper's LME lager, 1lb corn sugar, 1lb pilsen DME came out a little darker than a pils. BUT the pre-bottle green flavor is somewhat like Boston Lager, medium...

awesome!! thanks! I"m racking it to a bottling bucket now :)

OG 1.040 SG 1.012 (steady for 3 days)

okay 4 bubbles in just under 3 minutes.