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Sounds good to me, I can set up private games at both sites. LMK:mug:

Awesome, I love it as a chess enthusiast as well. Saw your CT post and prompted me here. Love it.:mug:

Not everyones first batch comes out good, mine was awful. I bottle my second one tomorrow and it is much improved over the first.

+5g Blue Moon Clone 17865+5=17870

Yep it's been bottled for almost 4 weeks. I left it in the fermentor for 4 weeks and in the bottles for 3.5weeks before trying one. Edit: The previous batch wasn't this recipe, it was a kit I purchased online.

Ok more questions 7.5 quarts = just under 2 gallons. So I need somewhere around a 4 gallon pot to handle after I add the grains? Also after I add the 170 degree water am I just adding to get it back up to 7.5 quarts then carry on with the hop/spice additions then add the rest of the water into...

Thanks, I do not have Beersmith, I got the recipe out of the recipe section forum. This is an awesome step by step, I appreciate you taking the time to type all that out.

Yes when I did my first batch I added all the extracts at the same time. There was no sticking but I did "boil" not just a rolling boil. It turned out very bitter and sour tasting, almost like something spoiled. It's hard to explain but it's pretty gross.

This is a Blue Moon Clone, which I really enjoy Blue Moon. My first kit beer I am pretty sure I simply left the hops in for too long. My directions stunk and I'm pretty sure that is why it ended up being overly bitter, I think I left them in 10mins to long. As for the pot problem I thought...

I know I'm a noob but have some questions. I want to make this recipe. I only have a 3.5 gallon pot, can I add water to the fermentor to bring to 5 gallons when done? That is what I had to do with my last kit batch. Under my mash what does that mean? Also for the recipe how long do we steep...

I thought this was the case but wanted to be sure. Can't wait to crack one of these open and try them out.

I bottled my first brew 10 days ago. At the bottom of the fermentor was a "sludge", grey waste it looked like. So I move to bottling bucket and bottle, and after 10 days I see this same appearing sludge in the bottom of my bottles. Can I still drink? I have a 6er of clear bottles I could...

My first batch an amber as well. It was dark appearing at first in the fermentor. I bottled last thurs and it almost looks orange rather than amber in the bottles ( I have a few clear ones).

Thanks awesome link and post you da man Revvy

My plan is to crack one open in two weeks and see if it is carbd enough and go from there much of it will not get drank until around the four week mark anyway as my wife doen't like red ale's