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Working on an Apricot IPA recipe. Hoping brew day for that is within the next 2 weeks.

Completed tonight.

Would like someone's thoughts on adding apricot to Northern Brewers Dead Ringer IPA in the secondary fermenter. Want an apricot IPA, and they have a killer deal on Dead Ringer right now.

All great recommendations. Yup....True Brew. The kit was a gift from a well meaning family member. I ended up bittering Pilgrim 1oz for 45 min and using 1oz cascade for 20 min. I'm going to pick up 1-2oz of hops to dry hop once the specific gravity settles out. Im not sure what I'm going to pick...

It is a 5 gallon extract kit. 1lb crisp crystal 60L malt 6.6lbs ambler LME 1oz pilgrim pellets 1oz cascade pellets The oak chips Muntons ale yeast I like real hoppiness....but yeah this seems light

Attempting an IPA from a kit. The only hops provided are pilgrim and cascade. 1oz each. Kit also came with .5oz of oak chips. I'd like to bump up the flavor with dry hop additions. Recommendations?

So now you have me a little concerned that my hop boil didn't extract as much as it should have. I used cheese cloth bags for the hops. The hop pellets expanded (unexpectedly) to a point to which the cheese cloth bags were very tight and the hops were very much stretching the bag out. Seemed...

Thanks for info Update on first batch: day #6 Original SG was 1.050 Current SG at 1.022 Goal SG 1.011 (I think) How many more days should I anticipate needing to ferment at this point? Here's a pic of the krausen. Aroma is very good. Taste is kinda bland though.

Thanks. I have propane fired stove top, so the hot propane is much more efficient for this process than natural gas. Yeah, terminology, sort of...the first two hops were boiled, the finnisher was steeped.

I've got some aged Mad Elf from the past 3 years for NYE. Cheers everyone!

Hey Folks, just wanted to use this post to introduce myself. Brewed my first batch today: Picked up a prepared ingredient kit from local home brew supply, Fat Tire Amber Ale clone (Extract). Never realized how long it would take to get 3 gallons to boil, but I enjoyed the hellouta it...