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ended up brewing a sierra nevada clone from the BYO recipe. May do the Karmeliet next.

just bottled last night after three weeks in the fermenter. I had some in a bottle in the fermentation chamber that I was using for gravity readings and last night it had a distinct green apple taste. The beer in the primary didn't have even a hint of green apple, so that made me happy. Tasted...

why did you choose the Northern Brewer kit over the AHB one? I tried Karmeliet at a cool little beer bar in Bruges called t Poatersgat and fell in love. That weekend we had stumbled across the Bruges beer festival (and literally stumbled away from it!) and of all the fantastic beers I tried...

Did you end up brewing AHB kit? I'd love to hear how it turned out. Tripel Karmeliot is one of my all-time favorite brews.

I brewed my first kit about 3 weeks ago and the directions said to steep in the 2.5 gallon boil water by adding the grains to the cool water and then removing when the water reaches 160. I had read on here that 2.5 qt per pound of grain was a good amount to steep in, so i did that. Except I may...

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm super happy with the wine chiller. It can set a temp between 45 and 65F and the beer temp has been running about 10 degrees below set temp. I've been tweaking the set temp to keep the wort at about 67-68 deg. (the thermometer in the picture reads about 4 deg...

Hi everyone. Spent a lot of time reading here before my first brew day. Everything went off pretty well with a few "hiccups". I received a beginners beer brewing and extract kit for Christmas but didn't have a big pot, so I bought a big brew pot off Craig's list. I'm planning to order a...