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I'm making a Brewers Best American Amber and I was thinking of replacing the priming sugar with Dark Brown Sugar to attain an even sweeter and darker flavor and color. I don't remember exactly how much priming sugar comes in the kit, but I'll be home later and check. Anyone know what the...

Wow. Thanks for all the info...so it sounds like my pretty carboy is rather unnecessary for this amber then?! So, for my Mocha Stout, I'll probably want to do a secondary, but for most ales sounds like I should just get a few more ale pails...with all the interest from friends and...

First 5gal. batch started! It's an amber ale straight from the kit, with a little extra love and some tips gathered from this site...most notably the hop chart I found while looking at pictures. I've been told 2-2-2 is about the perfect time for most ales, 2wks primary, 2wks secondary, and...

So, my first efforts with Mr. Beer were thought to be disastrous, but I decided to trust the process and went ahead and bottled it today. It seemed like it wasn't doing anything, and without an airlock, I had no way of "looking under the hood". I did let the fermentation go for about 3 weeks...