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Ok, that looks fantastic.

Why not. From the iPod: 1. Do You Know Who You Are - Texas is the Reason 2. Indianapolis - Drag the River 3. Never Let You Go - William Fitzsimmons 4. Darby's Song - Lucero 5. I Melt With You - Mest Hmm, not a bad overview. Re: the last one, I can't resist a pop punk cover, guilty...

An Alpha King Clone, my fifth batch. Though since I took the day off, I hope to brew it today.

Thanks guys!

I picked up 5 gallons of cider from a local orchard yesterday afternoon. The cider is not pasteurized and no preservatives, but the lady there said they use an 'electric eye'? She also said there's nothing wild in it and it would make a great hard cider. I did a search but came up empty...

Hey, congrats! No input otherwise though.

I noticed some floaters while checking gravity last night, little whiteish brown guys on the surface and in the wort itself. I was alarmed at first (maggots!?!) but I'm pretty sure its just little yeasties still in suspension.

I did the 'lid on' when I brewed my first batch. Never going to make that mistake again.

Thanks! I found a recipe off of TastyBrew that I'm going to modify. Should be interesting, at least...

Because it sounds fun?

Hey all, I just brewed my second beer last week, a Steam Beer kit. I want to use the yeast cake from primary when I transfer so I got a 2nd Steam Beer kit, along with 3 more lbs DME and 2oz more hops, thus an Imperial Steam Beer. I want this beer to come in around 8% or so and be more...

Yeah, I was lucky enough to try my friend's before opening my own, so now I know to let it rest for a while.

I'm a fan of Victory, a lot of what they do is great. If you didn't like the V12 this time and want to experiment, get a bottle and stick it in the cellar for a while. I recently had a bottle of V12 from 2005 that was quite tasty and much less hot than it is fresh.

I'm a big fan of Sly Fox. I really enjoyed the Odyssey but I have to say their Christmas Ale is the best, easily my favorite Christmas beer!

I hear you. It's frustrating that I'll need to look at how my beer turns out and balance that with the mistakes I made.

I just did my first batch last week and unknowingly (somehow I missed the note on it despite reading both the Complete Joy and How to Brew incessantly before brewing) left the lid on during the boil. Based on this and my general luck with my first batch, I'm thinking my first batch is going...

I believe those filters are one way filters, with one side meant for sucking and the other for blowing. Maybe its switched?

I brewed my first batch Wednesday, so congratulations to you, too. I had my fermentor in a kitchen cabinet. I was worried about it being too cold as well since at night the house got down to around 60, though it would warm up during the day. I was worried and posted here as well. Long...

I just wanted to let you guys know that last night when I got home from work the airlock was starting to bubble. It was still colder than I liked where it was stored, so this morning I moved the bucket to the top of the fridge (very carefully!!!) and now things have picked up even more, a nice...

Thanks guys. I have the dry yeast that came with the kit, so if things don't pick up by tomorrow evening I'll think about tossing that in. And I hear you about the waiting. As I just told a friend "Patience is the key, finding it is the issue".