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Found a recipe I would really like to try...its an American Stout https://byo.com/stories/item/2341-american-stout-style-profile I am trying to get it into Brewtarget as an extract...with a 2.5 gallon boil and top it with approx 3 gallons of fresh water prior to pitching the yeast. I am...

now that looks like an awesome beer..I wonder if a 5 gallom Partial extract version of this would be possible???? What is the estimated ABV% of this recipe???

just wanted to share in case somebody was looking for this sort of stuff Homebrew equipment http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/for/4589013886.html

I be in!!!!!!

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not really worried about keeping it an "Oktoberfest".....and honestly, the kit looks sort of like CRAP....thats why I was hoping to use the contents of this kit as an experiment and modify/add any other ingredients to modify/add/boost flavors and ABV... so make any recommendations you want...

a friend purchased a kit for me to brew up..its the true brew oktoberfest....I noticed it was only 4% ABV and I was hoping to jack the ABV up by adding ingredients from my local brewers supply store.... here is the link to the instructions with an ingredients list...

I'm 5 days into my 1st brew....I started with the Brewers Best Russian Imperial Stout.....I ended up with an OG around 1.074-1.076 (temp corrected) I had VIOLENT fermentation that required me to modify my airlock with the hose that came with my brewers best kit and create a blow-out tube, which...

it doesnt say on the can if it already has hops in the LME

I must have my head up my arse.....because when I read the instructions...both the bittering and aroma hop sections say to refer to the inventory list for addition times and amounts....so, in the inventory section it lists 2oz US Liberty hop pellets (45 min) if thats correct I am thinking...

A friend purchased a brew kit for me to brew up after I'm done racking the Russian Imperial Stout we are working on now... its an extract kit...but while reading the instructions I noticed where it didnt have me add any of the "bittering" hops at the beginning of the boil, but to add both hop...

yes..I used the yeast sachet that came with the kit...gonna go look at some videos and do some reading on the calibration of the hydrometer... thanks for the replies and input!!!!

lets see...I started with 2.5 gallons..after my boil I had right at 2 gallons of wort...because it took 3 gallons to top the fermenter off for the mixture to get to the 5 gallon mark ok..here is what I remember about the temps......the kit said to cool the wort to "approx" 70 degrees....i...

brewed my 1st batch yesterday,,,, I went with the Brewers Best Russian Imperial Stout.....I followed the direction precisely....I thought all was well....when it came time to test the OG I ended up with a reading of 1.072 the instructions say it should be between 1.076-1.080.....and I wanted...

Hello to all...new to the home brewing game....and was hoping to get some opinions on "beer kits".....I have a brand new Brewers Best kit with all the bells and whistles..... My personal preference is for stronger darker beers the kind that I call "German Monastery" beers...smokey, thicker ...

Just wanted to say hello...extremely new to home brewing...A friend got me a new Brewers Best kit that had all the goodies... doing the research now on finding a stronger dark beer...I personally like bolder "German Monastery" styles of beer, something with ABV of 7.5-10 ... any input...