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5 lbs Dark Extract (Liquid) 2 lbs Pale Extract (Liquid) 1/2 lbs Malto Dextrin 3/4 lbs Chocolate grains (steeped) 1/4 lbs Crystal 40L (steeped) 1/8 lbs Black Barley (stepped) 1/8 lbs Black Patent (steeped) 1 oz Galena (60 mins) White Labs London Ale WLP013 At bottling, 1oz...

If I didn't know any better it IS mellowing out a little. I've gone through almost a whole case and have only drinken one or 2 of them. I cooked a huge pot of chilli with the beer last night. I'll let ya'll know how it turns out later. :) I did try one from the 2nd batch last night too...

It's no bleach ... I used no rinse sanitizer for this one. The second one I used bleach on. I popped the top prematurely on a bottle tonite. It's got a little bit of a harsh taste, NOTHING like the first batch though. I think it might just need to age a little more. It was drinkable.

WalMart water ... small town, aint nothing else here. Population ... less than 5k. *pulling out hair*

Lag time was minimal. It had a good strong fermintation. FWIW ... it cooks really well. Has a good flavor when its used to cook with. I just fried some fish using the beer as a batter and have boiled some Lil' Smokies with it before. The fish was damn good, and the smokies were pretty...

no rim around the bottles ...

Local water sucks .. we had a letter in the mail from the city a while back that said in many more more words, our water's toxic, can caiuse cancer, liver, kidney, nervous system problems, and something else because it comes from the paper mill's waste water, but not to worry, this is only...

I do think that oxidation could be it, but I don't think the flavors follow that. I aerated the wort at somewhere around 90-95* instead of less than 80*.

Yes .. it's been bottled. The last date listed on the log was bottle day. I left that out.

ORRELSE, I thought of that. The grains were steeped by droppoing them into the boil ~2.5 gallons, and bringing up to 170*, then removing them. I don't think that's it, but my experience doesn't give me a lot of say in the matter. Although ... if the lack of a good steeping made the grainy...

Might be worth mentioning too ... the wort was pretty unbearable to drink, not sure if that's suppose to be the case or not.

First, the recipe ... It was a Brewer's Best kit, German Altbier Style: 3.3lbs Light LME 3.3lbs Amber LME 12oz Crystal 60L 1oz Black Patent 1oz Cluster hops 60 minutes 1/2oz Hallertau Hops 5 minutes Dried yeast It's a real sharp taste, overpoweringly bitter and leaves a pretty...

Check your PM's please sir. :)

I guess the recipe would have helped .. 1/2 Cara-Vienne 1/2 Crystal 60L 1/4 Chocolate 1/4 Black Barley 1oz Black Patent 6 1/2 Amber LME 1oz Northdown 60 mins

My first one, I moved over after 3 days, and it started all over, still not as much as it was in the primary, but it was noticably fermenting. It might be worth mentioning also, the fermentation was pretty vigorous and quick to start. It was bubbling within 3 hours, after about 24 hours...

I just racked my porter to a secondary a couple of days ago. The airlock was still bubbling slightly, but the krausen was all but gone. Once I racked, the bubbling ceased completely. OG was 1064 (20 points higher than the recipe said) but the sample had solids, was ~80* and I think I...

23 for me. :)

I almost forgot the priming ugar on my first bottling day.

Good enough for me. :) It was a good idea I thought, at the time at least.

The plastic bottles that water comes in for the fountains. They are 5 gallon jugs. Anyone think of a good, valid reason these wouldn't work?