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I finally got around to bottling tonight - ended up with 56 bottles.

UPDATE: After two weeks in primary (today) I just took a sample and the beer is looking to be about 1.007 (8 BRIX). We'll see if that's where she's going to settle.

I'd be interested in yours as well - be sure to post a link here once you do!

Hi Brews Willis, I'm Brews Lee.

^The above pic was from a previous brew day...this most recent one I had the same chiller coil, but hooked up to a cooler filled with ice-water to speed things up, since it's warming up out there.

I was trying something a little different with the hops this time around. As for cooling the wort, I am using a simple copper chiller:

Good to know, thanks for the heads-up.

+5.5gal imperial red =4,754gal

So the plan was to brew an imperial red today...though it's looking to be a strong reddish-amber, lol. (It probably doesn't help that I had to substitute a couple of things...or that I had 8 or 9 people want to partake in some Hot Scotchies from my first runnings...) Anyway, here's the...

Count me in!

I'd recommend some Special B malt. Thanks!

Thanks man. I plan on attempting a Velvet Hammer clone next brew day (probably in about 3 weeks, as I have a hectic couple of weeks ahead of me). Oh, and I will be bottling the double chocolate stout tonight. :tank:

NOTE: Now that the beer is finished, I can clearly say that, while this is still a delicious beer(!), it certainly is NOT a very accurate Arrogant Bastard clone. The color, taste & note all say the same thing - THE MALT PROFILE IS WRONG! The hops seem about right, but the malt...it might be...

That about 95,000 12-ounce bottles so far! We should start a co-op!!

I used a Wyeast #1098 smackpack for a 2L starter, (Beersmith called for a bigger starter, but I didn't realize that I was low on DME until too late, lol...)