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I don't think this is a good deal at all, and I was super excited when I first saw it. That Online Class counts against your total and I think you only get 1 kit plus the $20 GC which you can't use immediately. Their recipe kits have no detail, and seem pretty overpriced... I'd buy it if it...

I think the "Online Class" counts against your $120, and the way I read it you don't have the option of not signing up for the class. Without a detailed ingredient list, those kits are way too expensive I think.

If you look at the specific options to pick from it makes it sound like you only get 1 kit... maybe I'm confused? The kits don't list ingredients and seem a little pricey too. Hopefully I'm wrong?

The cucumber was inspired by this thread. Sounds like they had a good outcome. Honestly, the cucumber smelled the best when I was sanitizing all the additions. I'll give a report back on mine, and if it's no good it was only 1 gallon anyway. I'll probably just bottle like normal without...

That's what I'm hoping to find out! :) Any tips for bottling? I'm trying to think of a way to put a small screen or filter around my racking cane so I don't get seeds in the bottles and so that my tubing doesn't clog up.

I only recently learned about the freeze - thaw - crush method with fresh fruit. I will definitely give that a shot next time. I think I'll take the best beer out of these 4 and make a full 5gal of it using the freeze method.

Well I did the deed last night. Little worried that the original 5gal batch tasted sour when I sampled it before splitting it up, but it had been only 8 days in primary so hopefully it's just real green and not infected. Ended up using 1lb each for 1gal. Came down this morning and my...

Thanks! I'll definitely report back. I want to keep doing this in the future with other ideas by brewing up 5gal of something fairly neutral then racking it onto different additions for secondary. Fruit + Wheat seemed like a good place to start things off. I'll be using 1gal carboys for each...

First off, I've been lurking here a few months and am amazed by all the great info & advice around here. :mug: About a week ago I brewed up a 5gal partial mash american wheat recipe. In my effort to understand flavors, I want to split it up 5 ways and add different fruit to each 1gal batch...