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I'd be interested. Never got anyone interested in my critique thread posted a few weeks back. I wouldn't need or want anything in return, just feedback.

The irish red was a packaged kit from midwest. Steep + extract The hefeweizen was an extract recipe that I found here and modified a little bit: Ingredients: ------------ Amount Item Type % or IBU 2 lbs 4.0 oz Extra Light Dry...

Yep, I've looked for homebrewing clubs and none in my area are still active.

I'm still pretty new to brewing, and my first two batches are bottled and ready to drink. But I'm not real happy with either. I'd like to send a few bottles to someone who is very familiar with both kinds of brews and get some honest feedback on both. I've got a hefeweizen and an irish...

My local micro-brewery makes a pumpkin ale every year and releases it on Halloween. They sold out their first batch in one day, 263 gallons gone. I picked up 2 gallons last night, and finished half of one the same night. I really need to make my own.

Wonder why Utah is so low?

Awesome! I haven't done mine yet. I keep getting sidetracked on the weekends. Let us know how it turns out.

Still working on a case of SA Oktoberfest. It's pretty good and I'm enjoying them. I might pick up another case. Great bottles, too.

An Irish Red Ale would be very tastey and easy brew. Although the 1-2-3 is probably still in effect.

Sounds fine. I just bottled a hefe last week and I didn't have any blow off. I left it in the pail for 2 weeks and when I bottled, the krausen had already fallen.

Here's my working recipe: 2# Flaked Maize 1# Flaked Rice 1# Pilsener Germany 1# Soft White Wheat .5# Munich Malt .5# Vienna Malt Mash @ 152 degrees in 2 gallons for 90 minutes Sparge @ 170 degrees in 2.5 gallons for 10 minutes Boil ~ 4 gallons :30 (Start of the hour boil) 1lb...

I'm doing the same thing this weekend, although my recipe is just a tad different. I'm doing the 90 minute boil too.

I use beersmith as well. For my last 2 batches, I found a few recipes that I liked for what I was trying to make, combined the parts that looked good, and used the wizardry of BeerSmith to convert it to my size of boil and my late addition extract method.

I wonder if you could use a hops bag tied on the end to do the same thing?

Congrats on the success! Now get that pipeline going!