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:off: I know, Innit? Goofy recipe, but he said it made pretty decent beer at about 8~12% ABV, though He said he couldn't remember if he used pre-hopped malt or not, but I certainly think i'll be giving it a shot once I get this seasons barley and hops harvest in! :ban: also, Hightest, why...

yeah, pretty sure, according to him it was: 1 can of any kind of malt 5 gallons of water 5 potatos 1 packet of red star baking yeast boil the water in six gallon pot, dump the malt in, stir till mixed well, remove heat, cut up potatoes and dump in the water, cool in sink full of ice till >70...

I don't have a LHB store, so that would be three weeks out as well. Southwestern Kansas apparently doesn't have very much in the way of such things... Something my dad mentioned to me about when he used to make beer years ago, was he would add a peeled diced potato for every gallon he used so...

Ok, I started a one gallon batch of just straight mead (has nothing but honey, water, and Flieschmans... seemed pretty simple hey?) a couple weeks ago, and the first thing I noticed was that the smell after a few days was exactly like sourdough bread, this I liked, I enjoyed this smell for about...