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UPDATE: this thing has been getting rave reviews from friends, family, coworkers, basically anyone who gets their hands on my brown bottles! I am super excited about this! The only sort of negative feedback that I have gotten is it doesn't finish very well which I agree with. It has great flavor...

Sounds like a great plan! Good luck in your future brewing!

Not trying to beat a dead horse but longer boil times will take more alpha acids out of the hops. To really learn what is going on when you brew and how to make good beers I suggest spending the money on "The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing" by Charlie Papazian. Before I brewed my first batch I...

UPDATE: my final OG measured at 1.012 which is lower than I was expecting and it means I got an abv around 8%. Giving the beer a small sample it tasted good with only hints of the apples and other spices added. I think I will go bigger with the spices next time (which may not be for about 9...

Thanks for the advice! I am definitely slow rolling this one, but it was more to dry it out than letting things mellow. I will definitely be keeping that in mind now.

First and foremost I am excited to be a part of this community, I started brewing beer about a little less than a year ago and decided to take a shot at a winter warmer/ Christmas ale. I finally got it fermenting on Monday, it would have started earlier but I heat shocked my carboy and lost my...