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I believe that the John Bull can was hopped but not the Alexander's Sun Country one, since it says that you should add 1 to 1 1/2 ozs of hops while boiling. I did some more reading in Papazian's book and I think my mistake was assuming that there was supposed to be some type of 1-1...

Well, what I used was... 5 gallons water (2 went directly into the fermenter, 3 to boil the malt extract) 3.96 lbs John Bull ale malt extract ~3.25 lbs Alexander's Sun Country pale malt extract 1 packet (11 g) of Nottingham ale yeast added in the fermenter once the wort was cooled...

So I finally bit the bullet and bought a home brewing starter kit last night - it's something I've always wanted to do and I had a little extra cash, so I figured why not. Everything went pretty well, except for one detail - I'm not sure if I added too much of one of they syrups they gave me at...