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Ok so I have two and a half questions...one is a lot simpler than the other. First: I bought 10 hops rhyzomes from freshhops. I figured I am a noob at brewing now, but by the time it has a serious yeild I will be a little better...so I figured lets get started now. Anywho I am moving in...

yup I got beersmith when I was formulating the recipe, and I keep a printed copy as well...so no worries on record keeping. I even imputed the first batch which came a s a kit into it so I know the exact recipe I used. lol @ the names :p

Well my first batch didnt taste too good to me. Others loved it, but I am not brewing ti for them...that was the Irish stout recipe that I dropped half the grains on the ground:( Anywho, for my second batch I wanted to do a Harp clone. ever since i went to ireland in 2004 I fell in love...

well Carboy wasnt too bad. It was given to my father a long time ago by hapinstance. Just kinda sucked with what I read everywhere...But we got enough, and as soon as my father gets the bottles I will have more (he ordered them for my b-day). They will probably end up sitting in the bottles...

Well the airlock stopped bubbling, so I took a gravity reading thursday, friday, and saturday, and it was right on with the target gravity. I didnt have any bottles yet, and managed to get my hands on a carboy, So my buddy and I started to clean it. While my buddy was dumping the water out of...

Well it smells good. I hadnt seen any airlock action, and couldnt resist taking a peak. Lots of foam on top...about 3 inches. So I believe my yeast is workin it's magic :p... Also Eddie was correct. Those widgets come out easy, I filled the bottles up with water to make em float to the...

Ahh...widget! ok, I appreciate it...wont reuse the guiness bottles then

Ok, So I brewed my first Homebrew today, an Irish Stout. Only had one mishap. When pouring the crystal specialty grain into the grain bag the bag slipped out of my partner in crimes hand, and spilt about 50% (3oz) on the floor. Didnt have any extra so brewed with what we had. The rest of the...