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Brewing 5 gal. of Caribou Slobber today. Figured it's time for a fall brew to get going.

Tasting Beer -Randy Mosher I'm a huge fan of this book. It helped me to really get into the craft/homebrew scene.

Mine are made up mostly of Bells and Schlafly. These have worked great. I also have a few O'Dells. O'Dells has the coolest looking bottles of all.

I'm no doctor, but 1.05 seems pretty close to what the OG would have been. I feel like it needs more time. I'd be worried about bombs. Any senior members want to chime in on this?

De-labeled and cleaned waaaaay too many bottles. I let the bin get way too full.

+5 gallon Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde= 14773.5

Made the extract version today. First time boiling outside with propane. So much better than electric stovetop.

All you can really do now is let it condition and hope the pickle flavor fades. I dont detect a pickle taste in mine, but nice fresh cucumber.

The esters have toned down a whole lot. They are barely noticeable at all in the both the aroma and the taste. I popped one yesterday, and it has become so good.

Maybe I've just had terrible examples of the style. Cathedral Square in St. Louis makes an Agave Ale that is awful. It tastes like an old Busch IMO. I'll have to give it another chance.

Not sure what style I would put that in. I have tried beers with agave nectar, and I'm not a big fan of this ingredient. Do you feel it contributed anything to your brew?

I popped one open tonight, and it is carbed up pretty well (you can find my recipe on page 8). The cucumber on the nose has faded considerably. Nothing really stands out as far as aroma. There is a slight ester/grain smell. This beer is a nice orange hue, and turned out fairly clear. This...

Bottled mine on Sunday, exact recipe is: 2lb Light DME 3.3 lb Wheat LME 8 oz. Honey (30 min. mark) 1 Oz. Cascade Unmeasured amount of coriander (very little) Nottingham Dry Yeast 1 week in primary, 1 week in secondary on 2.5 lb of cukes. I couldn't help myself, and I popped one open this...

I don't use either. Starting a siphon is extremely simple.

I've very interested to see how this one turns out. Sounds like this could be great.

+1 to this. I bottled my 2nd brew today. My first is a Brewer's Best APA kit, the second is a modified Cucumber Summer Brew recipe that I found here on this forum. Looking to jump to Partial Mash then All Grain by the year's end. The APA is the only one that is ready to drink thus far, but it is...

Bottled this today after a week on cucumbers. That makes one week in primary, one week on cucumbers in secondary. In sampling this today, it has a mega amount of esters. I'm hoping this clears up a little bit. The cucumbers are still present on the nose mostly. I'm not sure why the esters are so...

I'm having some of the APA I made for my first home brew ever, along with some Bell's Oberon.

I have also heard of the hour boil of water followed by dumping that water. I have not yet heard anyone who has given a good answer as to how to clean an aluminum kettle so as to maintain that layer in the kettle. I am eyeing larger aluminum kettles for my next purchase, simply because of cost.

I went with 2.5 pounds of cucumbers. Also, I steeped the carapils along with honey malt from cool til boil.