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Like to bump this thread. Getting close to Aprihop season, so wonder who has had any luck with this or any other clone. JSmith, if you're still around I sent you a PM to pick your brain on the original recipe....love to hear what kind of luck you had with it if you remember. Cheers!

Small world, MMJFan. I went to PS-Erie (Behrend) and grew up in Johnstown. Great tips on the GL Xmas, plan to brew mine Thanksgiving day and have it nice and ready the week before Xmas.

Thanks for the heads up. I actually haven't seen it in many recipes, so I'll probably just eliminate it. I like the honey and almond ideas.....I'm curious about the English yeast tho, Christ872. Did you do that b/c you wanted a lighter bodied brew? I like my Christmas beers nice and...

BUMP!!!! Found this as I'm VERY interested in replicating GLB's holiday ale.....how did it turn out and how open to communication were the guys at GLB? Could I entice you to share their thoughts/recipe/procedures that they used? I was surprised to hear that they boiled the ginger and...

Didn't see a thread yet on Christmas beers, but wondering if anyone had an opinion on a good base beer for a nice, spicey warmer type - think Great Lakes Brewing's Christmas Ale. I personally like a good touch of nutmeg, cinnamon and clove in my tastes. I've read a few places to add some...

I like your method Darwin. I've heard great things about beer guns, but frankly I'm cheap :-) I had wondered how to properly purge the bottles of O2, this seems logical. What do mean by 'vent' the bottles....purge it with CO2? What do you figure the shelf life is of the bottles when you do this?

Hey, awesome and thanks for the reply. What exactly does the beer gun do?

Saw a few threads on here for techniques how to bottle from a keg - thanks to those who posted to them. I do have one additional question: After bottling at low pressure to keep foaming down, should you add a little priming sugar just as you would if you were bottling direct from the...