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The ingredients were: Light Malt Extract 8.8 lbs Muntons Crystal 60 8 oz. Muntons Roasted Barley 1 oz. Target - Bittering 13 aau Fuggle 1 oz Cascade...

Hi all, I was brewing a Harpoon IPA clone over the weekend and when I took my OG reading reading it was showing up at 1.050 instead of the 1.063 that my kit was predicting. At the time I figured I had somehow messed up my brewing since I am still new to this (this was my 4th batch) so I went...

brewinginalabama - Glad to see that free the hops is getting strong support outside of Birmingham and Huntsville. I've actually been a member with them for about a year and a half now. Hopefully we'll be able to get the new laws through the legislature this term assuming the Senate can avoid...

Thanks for the advice Brian, the outlook is definitely looking better on this batch after it's had a bit more time to settle.

Hey, just thought I'd take a second to thank everyone who's contributed on this thread. I started my 3rd batch last night (clone of Fuller's London Porter) and for the first time felt like I had really done the full process without any of the small mistakes that everyone seems to make during...

I just ran into the same problem on my first batch a week ago (also used a 5 gallon for primary). I believe that the tubing I got to do the blow off was 5/8". I picked up a 6' length of it at Home Depot for about $5. Also, from what I've read over the last week or so you don't need to use a...

Hi all, As referenced in the topic title, I am stuck in Birmingham Alabama, one of the nation's most restrictive states for beer (no abv above 6%, no containers over 16oz., no shipping in out of state beers, and technically illegal to home brew but that one's not enforced), so after seeing the...

Hi all, Based on the topic here I guess it is obvious that I am a noob. Anyway, I just got into brewing over the holidays and started with two batches which are currently fermenting. The first one was a clone of Rouge's Mocha Porter which I racked today to a secondary. While racking I...