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haha, that was pretty much my plan until a friend offered to design our first label.

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my first sour, and first beer:

Thanks FreshZ. I was freaking out about John getting back to me; a friend came up to me at a party that night and asked what it felt like to talk to an elder god. And yeah, I agree with the sentiment concerning going overboard with a theme. Flying Dog always got to me a bit, but they are moving...

My sour cost me a good bit, and sadly the recipe is not very well received. Hoping it turns out better when done than experience would predict.

I quickly made a twitter account called Desperate Hours Brewing, after the song "These First Few Desperate Hours" by the Mountain Goats, and it ended up with the lead singer/songwriter getting in touch with me to say how happy he was with the idea. So my first five beers are all going to be...

Oh okay. I didn't think it was time to bottle at all; it's only two weeks old. I was more thrown by the yeast death comment and if I could salvage anything by bottling.

Well the second response is more what I was thinking, but the first makes sense. It''s had yeast added at two points though so death confuses me, albeit maybe overexposure to bacteria? I was going to let it age a good while, should I just bottle now?

Oh okay. Thanks for all of that; really incredible to know. Just put 4lbs of Golden Light on COD at my homebrew shop for tomorrow, and I plan to cut out the crystal entirely. Edit: New recipe is up top!

Did not see your post Yooper! I went with amber on a suggestion from the store and a personal preference for amber, but I could definitely see the viability of using light or extra light. I'm hoping for a fuller body, which I was scared I wouldn't hit with light.

Awesome, thanks. Admittedly, I do not completely know how to do a dry hop, unless it's just adding hops to the secondary. I'd love to try it though, and need to read up on it. So a revised hop schedule: 60: Columbus 1oz 15: Cascade 1oz 10: Cascade 1oz 5: Northern Brewer 1oz (?) Dry Hop...

Edit: Revised a bit for suggestions so far Fermentables 3.3lb Amber Breiss LME 4lb Golden Light LME 2lb Cane Sugar Boil Schedule 1oz Columbus 60m 1oz Cascade 15m 1 Whirfloc 15m 1oz Cascade 10m Northern Brewer 1oz (?) 5m Dry Hop: Amarillo 1oz Yeast 2 Vial WLP041 Pacific Ale Estimated Stats...

Yeah, I agree completely. The IPA will likely be closer to a hoppy APA, and it's staying incredibly simple. If it weren't for the sour though, I don't think I ever would have bought the equipment!

Just got home from college, and have been killing to start brewing. So far nothing bottled, but I have a sour in secondary and a vanilla porter fermenting. I keep the recipes updated here. The name is from a song by the Mountain Goats, and if you're into them, I've made John Darnielle smile by...

Recipe is the first one on this page if helpful. Looks like a pellicle combined with a yeast cake: