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Haha that's awesome, I don't know if everyone that responded is a hipster but that's wicked funny or maybe they just don't live around hipsters.

Well I guess at the end of the day it will get the job done. Thanks for the info guys

So is it best to always steep grains for 30 min or so. Or just stick with the recipes

Ya it's not too light maybe similar to an ipa look I guess

Crush by the home brew store guy. I heated the water to a boil then took it off heat and steeped for 15 min. The recipe says 15 min but that seems kind of short now that I look at it.

2 cans light malt extract 1/2 English crystal malt 1/2 chocolate malt 1/4 biscuit malt 1oz perle hop pellets 1oz tetnang hop Burton water crystal Irish moss American ale yeast

So I brewed a porter and it has been fermenting for around 2 and a half weeks. I took a sample to check gravity and the color of the beer is golden like a ale. It is fermenting in a bucket so I was unable to see the color of it at all until now? How is this possible

Whats guys, Brewed my first beer successfully and moved onto the next one. Its been in a carboy for about 3 days and I noticed today that there is some blow off coming up from the air lock. This did not happen on my first batch. So I took off the air lock and cleaned it out and put it back...

So I have just started and made two batches, one week apart from each other. The first time I brewed, When the wort was done, I put the pot into an ice bath until the wort was at the right temp and then transferred it to the carboy. It took a while for the wort to get to the right temp...

Whats up guys, I am just starting and purchased my first brewing kit the other day, so this will probably be a total rookie question but I definitely appreciate some help.During my first brew, I finished with the wort and was in the process of transferring from the pot to my carboy. The...