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I brewed the first batch yesterday. I wound up using a mix of wildflower and clover honey to try and dial in a good IPA color since the wildflower honey i found was very dark. Did a 30 minute boil with most of the hops added quite late. biochemedic - good call on the honey pppg; I adjusted it...

I had to go grab some stuff from my local brew store, so i picked up a pound of maltodextrin while I was there. The only thing that bugs me about using this is that it seems like such a processsed food product, and I've wanted my brews to be about doing a super-simple all-natural kind of...

Thanks for the detailed reply! I was definitely planning to boil - really I was planning to keep all my methods very ale-like since it's what I know. I've worked this out: http://hopville.com/recipe/1654112 That was set for a 60-minute boil, but I'll try to work out a hop schedule using a...

I just recently discovered the idea of hopping mead as an alternative means of creating a gluten-free ale replacement - actually I thought I dreamed up the idea, then learned from numerous threads here that it's far from an original thought! I'm relatively new to brewing, having just made a few...

Don't be sorry! I'm incredibly thankful for the chance to brew this beer thanks to your recipe. :) Jeff

I have a question on this recipe - I'm reasonably new to brewing (doing 1-gal all-grain batches) but am dying to try this recipe out and am willing to screw up until I get it right. We used to live in AZ and this was my absolute favorite beer from the time we lived there. I'm trying to use...

My wife bought me this kit for my birthday and we finally started a batch on Sunday. I just replaced the blow-off tube with the airlock yesterday. Question on sweetener for bottling: I noticed the instruction PDF you can download for this kit from BBS mentions using honey, then a sentence or...