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Thanks for the idea. It's not that I'm in a hurry, just feel like brewing. I have 5 small 2 gallon buckets, so I'm all about trying small recipes out. I wanted to shoot for a pale ale or an India pale ale, but being new, wasn't sure about the taste, smell and bitterness of the 3 hops. I'm...

Ok, was thinking of doing a 1 or 2 gallon batch real quick with what I have around. I have 1.75 lbs of extra light DME, 2.4 oz of Crystal 40L, 1oz each of chinook and centennial, and less then a half oz of simcoe, and a couple packs of EC-1118 and Nottingham. I only have a couple brews (3 or...

For the first week, it sat in a water bath, using frozen water bottles to keep it at 66, after first week, stopped putting frozen bottles on, the water kept it at 68. The blue you see is the paint in the bathroom wall......it was painted while I was deployed, not my choice.

Thanks for the input, I bottled it up, guess we'll see in a couple weeks.

It's a wheat beer, been in primary about 19 days, gravity has been stable last three days. Getting ready to bottle. From all the infection pictures I've seen, I am sure it is just CO2 bubbles, but would like second opinion. This is only my second batch. I used Bavarian Wheat DME, Hallertau...

At Harry Caray's Tavern on the Navy Pier in Chicago. Had a Half Acre Over Ale, an Argus Pegasus IPA.... Now drinking a Goose Island Honkers Ale. Best of the bunch so far has to be the Pegasus, a bit more bitter than the Half Acre, but the Half Acre had some nice hop flavors.

This ^^^ :mug:

Just about to get started and I live in the Albuquerque area. Haven't bought my starter kit yet, but looking at getting the Brewer’s Best Deluxe Equipment Kit with Better Bottle. Going on a 2 week vacation, so gonna get started when I get back, can't wait. I have never been this excited to...