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Little update.. The pumpkin is tasting about the same after 3 weeks in the bottle. Not good, not gross. The Radical Red has been bottled for a week and the first one I tried was much better than the pumpkin, but still not a good beer. Hopefully it improves as it ages. After oxicleaning...

There is more of an alcohol taste than I was expecting, but I wouldn't call it harsh. Although, I primarily drink 8%+ beers so my sensitivity may have dulled. I have a fermometer now so next time I will be able to get a better sense of where my actual temps are at. If necessary I will toss...

Both recipes included a packet of safale us-05. They both had a bag of specialty grains that I steeped for 10 mins as the water was heating up. I'm not sure the temps but I started steeping as soon as I turned the flame on so it was probably 70-100F. For the pumpkin I added the whole 1.5lb...

I've brewed two one gallon extract kits from NB with their one gallon starter kit. The first was their pumpkin beer. I followed the instructions during brewing and put it in the basement to do its thing. On day 2, the krausen clogged up the airlock and partially dislodged it from the plastic...