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I'll be switching to full boil on my next batch, we'll see what difference that makes. And I'll def look up the podcast. Sounds interesting.

Extract kit, 1/2 boil. Fermented at 68ºF. 2.25 oz of hops, forget what kind. Plastic bucket fermenters. Basic priming sugar.

I'm not even kegging yet and I would've jumped on that deal!

Thanks funk, hadn't seen your post. Seems like we may be in the same boat. I know the glass was clean. I always clean barware with non-residue cleaners so I know thats safe. With your beer was the beer itself flat or just missing head? Mine was kinda carbed, just w/o head.

Just tried my first HB last night. It was an English Brown Ale made from a Brewer's Best kit. Kinda fumbled the fermentation, but didn't hurt the beer. Had a 10 days in the primary, 5 in the secondary, and when I tasted it was on it's 8th day in bottles. Random numbers, I know, but I was...

Welcome! Always nice to see more people from PA on here.

going to school for culinary

The badger is actually from an awesome young German artist I found on Deviant Art. I'll have to dig up the link to give her credit. Thanks for the reminder.

Have my first beer conditioning at the moment so I've been trying to distract myself by coming up with possible labels. This seems to be a good place for opinions and and suggestions, so here goes!

I love the crinkled paper Apathy label! The coffee stains were a great touch.

Heard about this place from a friend and fellow home brewer. I gotta say, it's been a lot of fun reading about all of your experiences. I've already learned a good bit from browsing the forums and I'm sure I'll be learning a good deal more over my time here. Figured it was time to finally say hi...

I love the claddagh wrap around on the first one. Might think of going orange where you have yellow to go along with the irish theme. With the second one... I like the design, but I'm against shapely black labels on brown bottles. Big black labels with art on them look okay, though I feel the...