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I got a pound of Simcoe and a pound of Amarillo from the same seller. It took about 10 days and the package came from St Petersburg, Russia.

4-pack non-returnable?

My gateway beer was Samuel Adams Boston Lager. It seems that this beer has converted many of us... One of my favorite songs!

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed that.

If it's dehydrated, I would add it sooner.

I'm brewing exactly that tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to tasting it!

You could also talk to your LHBS to see if they offer classes or brewing demos. My LHBS does both on occasion.

I started out with AG. I made a few mistakes but I learned a lot by just jumping in and going for it. Your first batch may turn out great or you may just have learned what not to do. As long as you keep everything clean and sanitized you should have beer when you are done. Be careful though, it...

I bottled the stout today and the cider is now fermenting on the remnants of it. I can't wait to try this one!

This will be my second batch of graff. The first had a good krausen and it stayed high for quite a while. I'll be bottling that one next weekend, I hope!

I'm bottling my oatmeal stout this weekend and I thought I would try something different. I'm going to leave a little of the stout with the trub in the carboy and put a fresh batch of my "graff" on it to ferment. I think it will be good but ya never know! I was just wondering if anyone has...

Starsan is slippery and causes the stopper to slip out. Just wet a paper towel with some 100-proof vodka and wipe the stopper. It will stay in now. I've done this three times already.

Like Revvy said it's up to you. When I added it back to the wort I used a sanitized strainer to filter out the lemon, lime and ginger.

You could pull a cup or two of the boiling wort and steep the peel for 15 minutes. Then add it back to the pot at flameout. That's what I did yesterday with the ginger beer I brewed.

Sorry, wrong thread!