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I kept pretty good records. I'm in the middle of moving to a new house, and the records are there but I can try to piece it together Recipe 8 oz Brown malt 8 oz caramel 40 L 8 oz chocolate malt 6 # amber malt extract 1.5 oz Willamette hops (bittering) .5 oz Willamette hops (finishing)...

Just tasted my first homebrew. A nut brown ale. It came out pretty good, but there is a slight hint of an aftertaste. I think I followed the procedure pretty carefully. Any clues as to what may have caused this? 1 week in primary 2 weeks in secondary 3 weeks in bottles

Budbo, do you still have the extract recipe? I've been looking for a good Newcastle recipe, but everything I've found so far is all grain.

Hey Budbo, that's what I'm drinking right now too, if only I could keep up with your friend. I'm curious to hear how that Newcastle clone turns out. Is that an all grain or extract recipe?

I'm ready to bottle my first batch...just one problem, no bottles. Now the obvious answer to this question is "drink more beer", but i'm about 30 bottles short or so, am living alone where I don't know anyone for the summer, and have to do everyday things like go to work, and walk around without...

update: woke up this morning to a nicely bubbling airlock! Now comes the hard part.

Bit the bullet so to speak and re-opened the fermentor. The grommit doesn't float, though you'd think it would. Anyhow, 10 minutes with some sterilized long kitchen tongs and i finally grabbed it off the bottom. The new plan: insert airlock into grommit --> grommit into fermentor lid. Thanks...

I just finished my first batch about 15 minutes ago ( a Nut Brown Ale, brewed from LME with some specialty grains and hops). When I was sealing my fermenter (Ale Pail), I pushed the airlock (3 piece) in too hard and knocked the grommit into the wort. I've read that a ton of people had this same...