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when i bought my 5 gal kit on craigslist, it came with ingredients from a beer that the guy was attempting to make. so i got him to email me his recipe. i plugged it into beersmith (first time using it) and played with it a little. let me know if it looks somewhat normal to you guys or if it...

it wasnt a brand new IC, but i did wash it pretty well while my boil was going on. so im optimistic about it. yea, thats going to be the tough part. but i just have to keep telling myself to wait. or just buy a case so i have something to take up my patience. :D im already planning to...

did my first brewday yesterday. i think it went pretty well. brewed a cali common exract kit. i was concerned with whether or not i was going to be able to get my temp to stay steady while steeping. thought i was going to have to be adjusting the flame on my burner the whole time, but it stayed...

thanks man. appreciate it.

do i take my OG reading before i add the extra water to bring it up to 5 gal? i was under the assumption that you take the reading after but i want to make sure. got 50 minutes till my boils done. great time for the question. haha

Went to the home brew shop. They were Carmel grains. G20 or something like that. I might take it all in next time and see what they say for hop and yeast and give it a go. Bought a Cali common while I was there that'll be my first.

i do know where the stuff was bought, so i plan on running there today and seeing if they can tell me what kind of grains they are. there are numbers written on the bag so hopefully they mean something. as to the age of everything, the guy said they were all fairly new, so im assuming its all...

So I just bought a 5 gallon setup off of Craigslist. The guy gave me a bag of DME, grains and sugar. Think any o you guys can tell what he was trying to make and maybe round out this recipe? 2- 3lb DME muntons extra light 2- 1lb DME plain extra light 2- 16oz light candi sugar 1/2lb bag of...

thanks guys. i have full intentions of bottling this by the weekend. as long as st pattys day doesnt get in the way :D

so if i bottle this week/weekend i should still be ok?

quick question, got my first batch of mr beer sitting in the fermentor. its been in there for 2 and a half weeks. are there any negative effects of letting it sit in there too long? i gotta find some bottles to bottle this batch

there have been 2 bottles of this sitting in my fridge at work for probably 5 years. they were my dads so i layed off of them. well after 5 years, i figure they are fair game. so does anyone know how they age? thinking about having one tonight.

thanks for the info guys. looks like i got some reading to do. :D

Hi guys, i found this forum while I was Google'ing home brewing. Ive been kicking around the idea of making my own home brew. for some reason, the idea of having bottles of my own beer just seems cool to me, but where do i start? Ive heard people say some bad things about the mr. beer, but it...