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Mmmm... It's smelling really good!

I wanted to up the alcohol, to make sure it lived up to the standards of the Empire... Make sure it's truly fit to be called an Imperial. I wanted to stick to the characteristics of its name sake as much as possible

If all else fails, I'll change the name... Java the Hut brown ale. Lol

Right now, it's the color of a good black coffee

I mashed at about 154. 3 gallon boil then I'm going to top off to 5 gal. I kind of agree about the hops. But this is the recipe as I find it (name and all) so I figured I would give it a shot before I changed it around too much. Maybe I'll get some galaxy hops, (since it should be from a...

I'm not sure the second screen shot loaded. Let's try this again, Herr's the rest of the recipe.

And this

Lol my kitchen is deceiving. Along with the clutter I moved to the other counters and dining room table, I also have cats that like to... "Help". So I try to keep as much or of my work space as possible. I read somewhere it helps to lay everything out, in the order your going to use it so you...

Here I am, making a batch of Darth Vader IPA. Interested to see how this turns out. And of course you can't brew without a brew. Drinking "Night Train" by local O'so Brewery.

I'm curious how this turned out/will turn out. I'm considering buying a bunch of galaxy hops (for the name) in a series of "star wars themed" beers and wondering how the flavor profile turns out.

With my work schedule (or rather lack of schedule; working on call) that's what I'm agrafe of. If I have to go to work at 5 in the morning, the blanket may not get taken off until 5 in the evening

My magnum just started sprouting. Now the forecast says freezing temps over night for the next week. Should I cover it?

So, I shouldn't expect to get much out of my horizontal hoops 5-6 feet of the ground? If I decide to grow vertically next year (or the year after) how big of a root ball would I need to dig up too preserve as healthy a specimen as reasonably possible

Hmmmm. Well I don't Brew often enough to need pounds and pounds of hops, if I can get enough for 2-3 batches, I'll be happy. If I get enough for 1 for the first year then awesome

I thought it was ready to bottle because it did stop bubbling once, so I brought it upstairs from my basement so, if it jostled at all, it would settle before bottling day, and it took off again. Is been 4 days since I thought it stopped bubbling the first time, and it's still going about one...

Thank you everyone. Yeah, I'm not in a hurry at all. Not planning on sharing until June. Time is on my side.

I'm fine letting it sit. I wasn't trying to imply I needed it soon. I just want to have as much to share as I can, so I don't want to sample much, if at all. I just wasn't sure since the instructions don't actually list an OG or a FG, just a time table of when to bottle (2 weeks). But since it...

Does this look any better for a malt profile? I did add rice syrup solid and changed my corn sugar... Because that's what I have on hand. I'm kind of set on using these hops(because that's what I'm growing), is there maybe a different schedule you might suggest? I can change the quantities of...

Such a small batch I'm worried about contamination. Plus my sample tube is the cheap plastic tube the hydrometer came in, which actually has tape covering a hole... So doesn't seem like something I want to pour back into the batch.

Here's my dilemma... I brewed a 1 gallon kit (Brooklyn Brew Shop - Piney Pale Ale). I neglected to take an OG. It's been fermenting for 2 weeks, and it's still bubbling. I want to bottle it but I want to make sure it's done doing it's thing so I don't end up with bottle bombs. Biggest problem...