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Good, good that's a relief at least. I did use dextrose, not THAT silly. Also its only been 4 days since bottling...I opened one to see if there were any major problems and so I obviously cant come to any conclusions yet. As for the soapness I seem to be able to taste it but also theres large...

So I realized I made a dumb mistake after opening my first beer...forgot to boil priming sugar in water, instead I just dumped it into wort before bottling. Is this going to significantly affect my carbonation? It's an IPA too...really would have liked to have some head on this. Plus it also...

Read the side of the Lambic...it has MAPLE SYRUP! What is that?! I jokingly told my friend that the bearded dude from the commericals must have come in drunk one day and slurred "I don't care what kind of beer this is...it needs some freakin syrup!" In all likelihood they knew the average...

In a similar line of questioning, what would be the highest possible fermentation temp for an Alt before producing off flavors? Hoping to do an Alt inside since my roommates and I keep the heat way down to cut down on spending and mountain winters get cold...

Had the imperial stout yet? Thinking of getting a pack of that when I'm back in school.

Sweet, another Boone homebrewer! Guessing you go to App state, I'm in grad school here. We should share some brews sometime!

About a gallon of beer a day? Good luck to you...perhaps you should share?

Interesting, didnt know that. My crystal is only 12% of fermentables, that seems ok...I think. ABV is only 6.4 too.

Really a pound of 70 gets me to red? Excellent, nice even number thanks for the help...I actually wanted to use some more crystal since I want a higher ABV than I originally thought for a real imperial red.

So it looks like Beer Calculus doesnt have extra light LME and I dont have anything else that I know of to calculate color. I have a can of the extra light LME, 3 pounds of extra light DME, and a pound of light DME. How much Crystal 70L(half 80, half 60) do I need to make my brew red?

Alas I cant sacrifice that much hops or my IBUs would suffer, only have an oz of each. Think im going to go with a .25 oz of Amarillo and Cascade for the dry hop and bump some more Simcoe up for the bittering to up my IBUs. If im using pellets can I just throw em in the fermentor?

I have these questions in recipe section but no one is answering me and I'm brewing today! Please let me know what you think if you could, thanks! Ok I found a LHBS in the area and have some Simcoe Plugs and Magnum whole flowers in the mail. How does my new hopping schedule look? 60 0.75...

Hopefully going to start the brewing in a few hours, so last chance to give me your input which I know you're dying to do... :)

Because I am obsessed over this batch as my first made up recipe, I have one more question for you guys. I feel like I should dry hop a bit for this beer, any suggestions on what to take out of that schedule for dry hopping? I was thinking of taking out some of the cascade for a dry hop. And...

Thanks man! Yeah I read that Amarillo and Simcoe works pretty well together, and Cascade is always nice for aroma. I'm a fan of more balanced IPAs like Weyerbacher's DIPA, so should turn out nicely for me. The store I got my last minute Simcoe from is Hops and Vines in Asheville, NC...

Ok I found a LHBS in the area and have some Simcoe Plugs and Magnum whole flowers in the mail. How does my new hopping schedule look? 60 0.75 Amarillo pellet 7.0 60 0.25 Simcoe plug 13.0 40 0.5 Cascade pellet 6.6 30 0.25 Amarillo pellet 7.0...

Yeah I had a feeling I should have bought more hops. Alas there are no LHBS in Boone, NC, and I dont think anything I order online would come before Friday. Stupid of me, guess I'll have to make do with a weak IPA...

Any feedback would be helpful, this will be my first made up recipe so I dont really know what im doing!

Right now my knowledge about brewing is weakest in the area of yeast. So I was hoping I could get a little knowledge here. I have yet to use a yeast starter, so I know it isnt necessary but would like to know how to set one up without the normal equipment (if possible). Can you do it in a...

Ok so I've got the ingredients, ended up with an oz of Amarillo and an oz of cascade (didnt have any simcoe). Anyone have any suggestions for the hop schedule? Right now I'm at 39 IBU, which seems a little low for this style. Should I get some more hops, and if so which would be best?