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Finishing up a batch of pumpkin ale as we type

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Welcome to the slope from a fellow noob. Wish I had neighbors that brewed, I've got neighbors who just help"taste".

So these have been resting room temp for almost two weeks and I popped them in the fridge on the first. Cracked one today and had the clone side by side, has less head maybe little more time will help that but colour and flavor is pretty much spot on. Very nice for my first 5gal homebrew. Thanks...

Brewing a pumpkin ale Saturday

Purple people dance

Seriously It is what it is....no **** Really

Dripping hot mayo

Honey brown ale brewed yesterday Dry Irish stout brewed today

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The kit i just did i pitched a tad high, i want to say somewhere around 70-72 and i think there is slight sweetness resulting from it but nothing off putting. Maybe in the cooler months this will be something to try as right now temp s around here are plenty high. Cheers

Plan to brew a honey ale tomorrow and a dry stout as well as a holiday ale on wednesday. Sounds ambitious

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Purple toads swarming

So i have read a lot on here about starting a primary at one temp and slowly ramping up several degrees. Not sure how people go about this but i have a couple "heat mats" i use for seed starting my garden and curious if wrapping one of these around a bucket or carboy could do the trick.

Ok so go figure been a week almost and i couldnt wait, i actually set aside three bottles to test once a week. And guess what, i got excited and tried not one but two tonight with a major difference in bottles. Bottle one i chilled for several hours and then shared with my father, both of us...

For my 31st birthday, this past May my wife bought me a nice beginners kit from a lhbs. I am soon realizing I will be pouring money into this hobby for a long time.cheers

Very good to hear all this useful info thank you thank you. So i ended up getting another bucket for primary and another carboy for secondary along with the honey ale kit i was looking for and some odds and ends hahaha, add that to the two nb kits i ordered last night and i think its a pretty...

Thank you gentlemen for the advice I plan on picking up the carboy as another secondary and possibly another primary bucket.

So my first brew is bottled and I'm itching for another brew, just pulled the trigger on the dry stout and winter warmer from nb and tomorrow I plan on stopping by the lhbs to pick up some common ingredients in bulk and another carboy maybe some other "necessary items" plus a honey ale kit...