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I've done that more than once... it'll still be a great beer. or you can add the honey to the primary

on the bright side... you still made beer

always prime by weight not measurements like tsp or cups.. that's asking for trouble. for 2.4 volumes of CO2 on a 2.5 gallon batch that is stored at 65F. you'd need 2 ounces of corn sugar. add that to about a cup of water and boil it for 15 minutes to kill any nasty bugs. chill it and then add...

it doesn't really matter as it's used to boost ABV. I used the cheap Walmart honey

glad ya liked it! can't wait for the pics :mug:

going from Mr Beer to All Grain is a HUGE jump in difficulty but it can be done. I'm not going to tell you step by step how to do it in this thread though since that is far from its purpose. Read this and you'll see how it's done...

ya know... I bet that tastes awesome!

great!! keep on brewing!

looks awesome! I personally primary for 30 days. it gives the yeast time to clean up after itself then bottle and wait another 4 weeks before cooling and drinking. yeah I know.. 2 months for a beer but it's worth it. It was also the reason I started kegging everything :)

looking good....

awesome! now post a pic.. we all need that beer porn

put a light behind it... you'll see the red

I used Caraaroma and Melanoiden for the red color. trust me... it has plenty of red. yeah.. seems this is one of the most popular Irish Reds... there's a reason for that :)

carafoam and carapils are interchangable... the hops in this recipe are not the star. any hop that gets you in the same IBU range and doesn't get used as a flavoring hop (should be no hops flavor), i.e. used for 30 mins or longer to boil off the flavor/aroma, will work.

a nice noble hop that will make a great beer.

enter it! let me know how you do. took gold for me :)

here's an example of why you should let it ride... I recently planned a brew day to make a Belgian Dubbel. The Candi Syrup I made about a year earlier had started to crystallize so I was going to treat the 2lbs like I would honey that was doing the same thing. I put the jar into a pot of cold...

congrats you made beer!! dry hoping isn't needed. here's the details from the BJCP style guideline. "Aroma: Low to moderate malt aroma, generally caramel-like but occasionally toasty or toffee-like in nature. May have a light buttery character (although this is not required). Hop aroma is low...

now THAT is an endorsement of this recipe!

I used my well water. however there have been times (after prolonged heavy rain) that the well got muddied and I used spring water from the store. the beer turned out great.