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we just completed and kegged(sp?) our first beer! came out pretty good i think. we decided to call it Dagon Red Ale here are a few highlights from it! ...and a pic of the beer battered fish we made with it!

Cool! Thanks for the advice on not doing a secondary and just leaving it be! That will definitely save time and hassle. We actually came up with this recipe and just plugged everything into brewsmith and that's where we got all our "expected" limits and such. We have the setup to do a full...

Oh, also. We seem to have a rather high original gravity, 1.062, does the addition of specialty malts raise the OG? If it does, i am guessing it would add non-fermentable sugars? Any other thoughts or suggestions?

In the middle of our first brew. Went into primary fermentation last Monday. Recipe Type: Extract W/ specialty grain Yeast: White Labs California Ale WLP001 Yeast Starter: No Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: None Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.062 Final Gravity: 1.0...

Cool! thanks for the advice. yeah, even if it is just an aesthetic thing we both want to go with stainless in as many areas as possible.

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Money is not a SUPER huge concern right now, although we cant really afford a multi-thousand $ setup just yet. Just starting out we have a 15 Gal. brew kettle and JUST purchased a decent immersion chiller. so we can already do full boils. for fermenting we only have a 5 Gal. capacity at the...

thanks for the friendly welcome! first batch is probably going to be an american red ale. my brewing partner and i are just trying to decide if we want to do an extract batch as our first or dive straight into all grain.

Well, as the title suggests I am just starting out in this hobby. slowly putting together brewing/fermenting equipment and will hopefully be ready to get this puppy going in about a month! looking forward to learning from others on the boards and maybe even making some contributions of my...

Hawaii!? have to admit I am a tad envious there. sound like you a have a great military career going! just out of curiosity are you a Warrant officer? looking forward to seeing what brews you come up with.