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so hey whutever, have you done the Oberon clone before? .... have you shared the recipe somewhere? A few days ago I racked a 5 gal batch of wheat beer that had a great obie smell.... I started with the nb amer wheat kit and steeped a lb of crystal malt grain, added 1.5 cups of honey and an oz...

did u aireate/agitate the wort before pitching?

just buttoned up the primary, the gravity reading was right on at 1.075. I tasted the wort, was more bitter than I expected, hopefully it will mellow out a bit over time. (NB Black IPA). This batch will go into my first 5gal keg, after 2 weeks primary then w/2weeks secondary.

I'm sipping coffee getting ready to boil up the NB Black IPA extract kit this mornig....

ok, I'm jumping into the full kegging plan. A few weeks ago I bought a 2.5 gal corny with the co2 cartridge dispenser, have corn sugar in that keg right now, filled it right out of the bottling bucket, 3/4 cup sugar in 5gal. This will fit nicely in the kitchen 'fridge complete with co2 dispenser...

This topic is a riot! Are you guys throwing curve balls to the newbies? lol. I'm thinking...., here I am in the beginners brewing forum reading about problems from a guy with over 7,000 posts.... over 2 years. priceless

I resemble that remark! (add old boats too)

ya hey from da U.P. oops, I accidentally posted this in another Michigan thread, so will re-post here :D My recently retired buddy has been brewing for years and years so I decided to jump in for some winter fun. I like IPA, Reds and some dark brews. I'm fairly lazy so will stick to syrup...

My recently retired buddy has been brewing for years and years so I decided to jump in for some winter fun. I like IPA, Reds and some dark brews. I'm fairly lazy so will stick to syrup w/small amounts of grain in 1 Liter bottles. I've ordered the Irish Red extract kit from NB, we currently have...