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You could probably plug the ingredients you used into a program like Beersmith and get an estimated OG reading and go with that.

I'm going to be making my first batch of beer tomorrow (using a partial-boil), and I've been reading both the instructions that came with my ingredient kit (from B3) and those in Palmer's "How to brew". They are almost identical except for one thing: 1) B3's instructions say to put 2 gallons...

I think a mild brown is probably a good place to start. They're meant to be slightly malty and color isn't a huge issue. Here's a simple recipe posted on the MoreBeer forum that I think will meet all your criteria: Mild Brown Malt extracts: 5 lbs English Light LME (or 4 lbs light DME)...

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Delirium Tremens. Gets great reviews on BeerAdvocate, but when I had it, it was awful! I was already drunk too, which makes it all the more notable that I could barely drink it. I found it to be cloyingly sweet and malty, and excessively fruity. I believe my exact comment was, "It tastes...

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Thanks for the great responses! So when doing extract brewing, is there really any advantage to doing full boils over partial boils with late-extract addition? It seems like a full boil might give you a slightly better isomerization, decreasing the cost of your hops slightly, but you're going...

Another newbie question here: I've recently been doing a lot of reading about full vs partial boils -- one of the primary benefits to a full volume boils seems to be the better hops utilization due to the lower gravity of the wort. However, if you're doing extract brewing, why not just...

Hey everyone -- new brewer here -- I just bought my equipment yesterday, as well as a kit recipe for brown ale. Upon getting it home and doing some calculations, it looks like the brown ale is going to turn out lighter than I had been anticipating. It's got: 5 lbs ultralight malt extract...

Hey everyone. I'm an aspiring home brewer, looking to get into the hobby. I've read a couple of books and a lot of forum posts in various places, and have a very good idea of how to proceed. However, I still have a few questions that I have been unable to find answers to. I am hoping someone...