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Wow, so much great advice and encouragement. You guys are pretty fantastic! Thanks! And for those asking, it's a classic stout, so I guess I should be good!

BrewerBrad and Key - this is great news! I felt like a complete idiot, and now I only feel like a semi-idiot. Sweet! I'm still excited for my next batch, too! FVillatoro - thanks for the kind words. I'll take this as a learning experience and move on.

Okay, so I did my first ever homebrew yesterday. It was a classic stout and I believe I did everything correctly. I was anal about making sure I was following the steps in the right order, adding things at the right time, monitoring temps, etc...but I missed a big one! I somehow misread the...