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Never took an original reading (too lazy). But I can check tonight.

Recipe: 2 lbs DME 3 gallons of Apple Cider ~2 gallons of Apple Juice ~2 teaspoons of cinnamon to smell 1 packet of ale yeast (was in a red package, cant remember the brand) It took about 48 hours to catch and start fermenting with a couple of bubbles a second (like any normal brew)...

I recently tried a smoked ale. I used a pound of smoked grains from the homebrew store, then WAYYYYYY overdid the liquid smoke. At the time, I didn't know about the 2 teaspoon recommendation and ended up putting 1/4 cup total in. Now it looks like im going to have to blend it with another brew.

So, in a quest to recreate one of the beers entered into the Sam Adams Longshot competition a year ago, I tried my hand at improvising a recipe for a smoked ale. Steeped a pound of smoked grain, used 6 lb of DME, 1 lb of rice syrup solids, 5 oz bittering hops (hallertau) and 2 oz of Saaz...

In case anyone is curious, I used a modified version of the StoutBilly's recipe that can be found on www.stoutbillys.com, under "Blackberry Wheat" I used a pound of the carapils for the grains, 5 oz of dextrose for priming, and 3 one gallon freezer bags of berries that I thawed, blended, and...

I did a blackberry wheat beer about a month ago and it turned out AMAZING. Lots of blackberry aroma and a super smooth taste to it. Best beer I have brewed so far. Did you use real berries or flavor extract?

Ok, so lets pretend that I "might" have not waited the full 24 hours.................. Any predictions?

That makes me feel a lot better. Thanks.

Thats what I'm hoping. Either that or I got a huge wiff of C02, and that happens to be what it smells like.

Crap. Well, I took a gravity reading and it was 1.012 (no higher than it was before I added the berries) so I racked into my carboy and I'm gonna give it a week or two. One thing that stood out to me was the distinct bitter smell it had. Any comments?

So, after the primary fermentation finished for my summer wheat, I racked it onto about 1 gallon of blackberry puree (blackberries sanitized with a campden tablet). It's been over 48 hours without any airlock activity. I haven't taken and gravity readings after the racking, but should I be...

I started with a Mr Beer kit about a month ago. Haven't tried the finished product yet, but I got sick of the idea of having to wait so long for the ingredients to come in the mail so I wen tout and bought a 5 gallon kit. I'm still probably gonna keep the 2 gallon one just for kicks, but I...