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Ordered 3 kits plus bunch of hops, us04, and grains for centennial blonde, kona, outer limits, and SNPA recipes on here. With my stock pile here- I should b able to use these kits to do them all, plus more. Am doing 3 gal batches. If I have enough citra will do zombie dust.

I did a 5-gal pulpin kit from NB. Hit things great but added some grapefruit zest soaked in vodka - plus juice from 2 or 3 pink gf to the primary for dry hop. In addition to the dried zest included. Us05 and 1.010 finish from 1.068-1.070. Been 4-weeks in bottle. Sampled each week...

Tested a bottle that was 1.5-2 weeks old. This came from a split batch from NB BV Hefe kit. Bottled first 1/2 as hefe and the leftover was fit with the limeade and zest. I like the base Hefe- lots of nose and mouth flavor. I will give the lime version some more time. Very tangy zesty and...

Revvy. Thank you so much for pointing out the bottling sticky!!!! I have bottled 3 batches since this and your setup advice has made things go easier. One more batch to go before I start contemplating brewing another. Plus I moved into the garage to bottle- so I can make more noise without...

While I dint have weird beer flavors - here is something similar I noticed. I have just started brewing and using ale pale buckets. I did a Bavarian hefe kit and used the liquid 3068. Then I had another brew (rasp requiem) recipe located in top 50 here on hbt- used Nottingham. The hefe did...

Wow. Apparently my brew also defies gravity!!!!

I'm My first brew is ready! Tastes really good and higher than expected ABV based on how quickly it hit me. Bavarian Hefeweizen NB kit. Has the good BH smell and flavor. Head retention is good. Darker than normal because I didn't realize the effect of full boil on malt extract...

Bottled last night. I ended up adding zest from a few more grapfruits and their juice. Needed a little more vodka to accommodate those additions. Had the expected burn and green flavor- but filled the whole garage with citrus delight. At the end, she gave me 2-extra bottles!!! Woohoo...

Oh for sure! I just cannot imagine the (in car terms) "dealer invoice price" for malt extract. Basically you are paying for the LME and getting everything else free. Pilsner is 19.99 while the gold is 17.99 on most sites. These are the better brand ingriedents (hops and malt). I think...

I just checked this out. As the poster above noted- each of these kits individually is far more cheaper than building yourself. The yeast is even included. I only see two I might order. These are 5-gallon extract batches for AG price basically. Also. I have backed down to 3- gallon batches...

I will be trying one of these when I get time. Just a simple IPA maybe with left over hop remnants from prev brews. I did a late extract addition today and only did 45 min boil because it was a lower IBU fruit beer. What I didn't consider was the different set up versus my 60 min boil. I...

It's on my list but other brews are ahead. Did raspberry requiem today. I have enough extra steeping grains to supplement if necessary and I did order new hops. Might do this one as show and tell with the guys at work.

Brewed today. Was extract with 10min late additions to help keep light brown and didn't have as much boil off today so when extract was added there was extra wort by 1/2 gal so I ended up close to 5.5 into fermenter. Hit about 1.055 or 1.054 depending on the spin while Beersmith had a calc of...

When I'm not in surgery I haul my fermenter from my office into my OR and rack up a case or two depending on my batch size!! Trust me I'm a doctor..... Thanks for the words of wisdom. I adjusted my bottling tube this evening and it is 200x better than my setup the other night. Got three...

Thanks revvy. Apparently I hadn't found that forum section yet. Thanks- as I had just been reading others posts/books/and YouTube. For sure this will help. Have 3 brews sitting so will try some of your tips/techniques. Hypothetical : As for oxygenation. Say a person has a high...

Well that was experience.....even after a dry run practicing in garage. Bottled my NB Bavarian Hefe last evening. Did 2.5 gal bottle and left 2.5 gal in primary to make the lemon lime hefe. She is bubbling away this morning. Will learn as I go to make things simpler. Smelled good but...

I split this 5gsl batch. Racked 2.5 gallons into bottling bucket to have a true Hefeweizen and then adjusted the juice and lime zest in the rest of the 2.5 gal in the primary and gave it a nice stir (gentle) to see how it works out with this recipe. Airlock www bubbling away this morning.

Yesterday was week 2 in primary. Brewed Bavarian Hefe- can I still add this? Gravity last night was 1.010 and original was 1.050. Bottling this week. However, is it too late to add the lime? Just found the recipe recently and wonder if it isn't worth a shot or redo this batch later??! I...

After my wife came out one day and got a smell of the process- she said keep it outside. Stove top isn't an option unless she and the kids are gone overnight.

Cool. It is a black IPA. I ordered some grains for another brew and will have leftover from the steeping recipe, so I might use some of that extra "fresh" steeping grains and see how it comes out. The IPA needs some darker color based on what Beersmith indicates when I plug it in. The yeast...