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Was it like that when you bought it, or did it happen since? The former wouldn't worry me, I've had leaf hops puffed out like that. If the latter, I'd be concerned what was causing it to inflate.

Before I got my scale I used to count the pellets to figure 1/2's and 1/4's. Love my scale. :)

I did worry a bit about boiling the HME, but since I was adding fresh hops, not too much. I've had mixed results adding DME/LME at flameout, so I went ahead and boiled it. When all is said and done, I have about $12 in this project, so I'm not too stressed. ;)

If it's not too late, I'd like to get in for a couple bags of 2-row. 2-CM‐2ROW If not, I'll wait for the next one. Cheers

So, inspired by this thread, I went on Craigslist and found a Mr. Beer listed for $40. I talked the guy down to $10 and became the proud owner of a Mr. Beer Premium Gold edition, including 2 refills: Cowboy Lager and American Blonde Ale. Turns out, these are discontinued flavors, but the exp...

I bought one a while ago, before I kegged. When they worked, they weren't bad, but I ran into a few problems. I used the 5 liter minikegs, mostly because you can get them full of Spaten or Bitburger for the same price as an empty keg, more or less. It is vitally important to make sure that the...

Add some DME instead of the Alcohol booster packet, which I believe is just corn sugar. Second the steeped grains and hops. Fresh yeast is probably not a bad idea. The little two gallon fermenter and PET bottles should be great for cider and the corn sugar too, or maybe just use it for bottling.

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I do 1 gallon batches in glass jugs as experiments or to dial in a recipes, sometimes as many as 3 variations at a time. But I do 5 gallons to "fire for effect" on proven recipes. I try not to experiment with 5 gallons worth of ingredients' +1 on yeast washing bringing down the cost of small...

Just goes to show DSDF, I love the earthy funk of Fuggles and an all-Cascade Saison. Guess I'm a heathen. ;)

The page is down, I get a 404. Google has a cache, but the recipes aren't available. I'm guessing they're having web hosting trouble, I'd try again tomorrow, or search for a vendor that has copies of the recipes on their site. Hope that helps. My LHBS still stocks them, so I'm guessing this is...

Homemade Left Hand Milk Stout jam. Your guess is as good as mine. ;)

Not La Fin du Monde? :)

H-mart has all kinds of interesting grains and cereals, so wheat and oats are a possibility. Not sure if less yeast would help, would probably just slow things down. I might also carmelize some of the wort separately to create unfermentables, then add it back to the main wort. All good ideas.

Body is extremely thin. Looking for ways to improve that next time. Kinda just needs more of everything, if you know what I mean. Still, it's recognizably beer, which I think is a victory.

My asian grocery oddness: Black Fungus Ale

So, many months ago now I was vastly amused to read the original GAP, (Grocery and Produce) challenge thread. Although it had petered out by the time I read it, it got my creative juices flowing and inspired me to brew a beer entirely from ingredients available at H-Mart, our local Asian...

Check your local grocery stores for malt flour. I found some stateside in an Asian grocery store. Was essentially crushed malted barley. I'll be posting a thread soon on how I used it. You may find other grains locally that you can use to get more flavor/body and you can always add rice to the...

I tend to drink 1-3 beers a night on weeknights, a couple more on weekends. I feel like I'm pushing it slightly on the alcohol consumption, so I'm looking to brew more low ABV session beers, so I can enjoy my beverage of choice while keeping the total alcohol lower. I wanna be able to have my...

The late malt addition should be just fine, lots of brewers do that on purpose to avoid caramelizing the sugar. If your wort was too warm, you may have killed your yeast, shouldn't happen at 85 though. If nothing happens in a day or so, repitch with fresh yeast. You'll be fine.