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I did use the 1056 yeast strain. I liked the recipe because of the amount of hops in the beer. It doesn't taste bad just lots of the fruit aroma and flavor. I was also reading that it could lead to alcohol that was not as pleasant to drink, not in flavor but headache the next day.

The hop schedule was 2 oz for 60 mins, 1 oz for 15 and another oz for 5 mins. It is done with fermentation. It wasn't as fruity when I tasted during the fermentation. I am going to brew the same recipe but control the temperature better and see the results.

This is my first APA and when I tasted the first one there was no hop flavor at all even though I used 4oz Cascade. The first day of fermentation the temp almost hit 80 degrees. I immediately moved to a cooler spot and the remaining 11 days it was at 70 degrees. Could the one day of higher...

It's an 5 gal amber ale kit from Midwest supplies.

This is my first brew. The first few days of fermentation my airlock was steadily bubbling, however after 4 days the bubbling has stopped. Should I take a gravity reading or leave it alone until its been in the fermenter for 10 days? I peeked through the airlock and I have white specks on the...

No that's athletes foot. ;) you mean compound w

I researching that now. It looks pretty simple to make. Thanks for the advice.

Thank you for the help! I am using extract since this is my first brew. The recipe I have calls for full boil for at least 30 minutes.

I realized I misspelled wort

I am getting ready to brew my first batch ever and have been trying to figure out how to cool it without a wort chiller. I was watching you tube and saw on good eats where he used a 7 lb bag of ice. But now I am seeing that you shouldn't aerate hot wort. Am I better just placing it in a bathtub...