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I bottled the AHS Youngs last night. Interesting for sure. You add 1 oz of unsweetend coco powder to the primer. It looked like cholocate soup. I tasted a sample and it was very chocolately. Much more than a Young's really is. But I expect that to tame down a bit as in conditions.

Yes it is. I just took delivery on that one today. Very good stuff.

I just got a Better Bottle which is a plastic carboy designed for beer and it is being used as a secondary. It is light and won't break like a glass carboy will. How will it do? Well, if is sucks you will hear about it but all of the online places I frequent, like Austin, sell them so I am...

You also do not want to steep the grains in too much water. More water results in lower concentrations duing the steep and can lead to tanins being pulled out of the grain leading to off flavors. The general rule I have heard it to use 1 gal per pound of steeping grains.

I recommend the kit from Austin. I have it in secondary right now and will bottle in the next couple of days. I took a taste when I racked it and it was great. By far the best flavor I have had prior to carbonation. I expect it to be great.

I agree that 1.022 for a FG is high. I don't think I have done anything that was above the 1.013 range. A higher gravity means that you still have some unfermented sugar in there. Here is what I would recommend. Step back and pretend you are doing it all for the first time. Go to Austin...

This is my first time racking to a secondary. I used the new carboy I got for Christmas and the stopper did not have a hole for my airlock. Is this going to be OK? Fermentation seemed to have stopped a couple of days ago so I would not think there would be alot of CO2 produced at this stage...

OK, so we have been drinking the Blue Moon clone. It is very slightly darker in color but very close. Carbonation and head seems about the same. Clone has slighlty more orange flavor. Clone is slightly more bitter Clone seems to have more flavor in general. So for, it seems that those that...

I actually just had the first one last night. Keep in mind, I am not a huge Blue Moon fan. I brewed this for my girlfriend. But all in all, I think it came out well. I think it has more orange flavor than I anticipated but not overpowering. I was concerned that the corriander would dominate...

I have a buddy that used the Oregon stuff. It came in a 3lb can and was strained and santized. The brewed a wheat beer as normal and then put it in the fermenter. When fermentation slowed down, he dumped in the fruit and put the lock back on. Fermentation kicked back up and went another day...

I brew the Austin Homebrew Blue Moon extract kit last week. The extract kit seemed more like a mini mash kit to me but I am new to thise so maybe not. The kit did have extract but it also had a grain bag with oats, wheat and pilsner. I had to steep these at 155 for 45 minutes and then sparge...

My next batch will be their Blue Moon clone. Glad to hear that others have had success with them. I will say to their credit, they responded to my email question about this kit in less than a day. Actually, I sent the email yesterday afternoon and the responded this morning. So, they gained...

Anyone have info on this extrat kit? I just wonder if comes with dried orange peel and coriander or if it is already in the extract. I think I would prefer it come separate and NOT already be in the extract.

OK, so everyone here knows more about brewing than I do. I am sure you are fine but I just thought I would point out that Hydrogen Peroxide is pretty unstable at normal temp and pressure. If the One Step to break down to H2O2 that would not hang around long anyway.