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I'm going to be near a lhbs this morning. Should I pick up some different bittering hops or any other additions for this brew. Brew day this afternoon. :mug: Thanks for the help.

Also, thanks alot for the advice.

I'm somewhat of a fan of licorice. If I were to add it to the mix, when and about how much? Any recomendation on Yeast. I have a 15g pack of Coopers Ale in the fridge.

it appears as though all ingredients were purchsed from the lhbs in January. the crystal is brewcraft sealed crushed when packaged. No other grains are milled. the Extract is brewcraft purchased in january The fuggles are alpha 4.6% 2007 hop pellets. sealed and refrigderated The NZ...

So I have a bunch of stuff on hand. Anyone care to help put together a recipe? 7lb light malt extreact 1lb muntons crushed crystal 2row 49-64 lovibond 1lb unmalted roast barley 8oz maltodextrin 8oz patent 1oz licorice root 2oz fuggles pellets 2oz Hallertau pellets 1oz irish moss 1oz...

Hope you get it figured out. It's a shame to have to throw everything out.

I have checked gravity a couple of times now. It seems stuck at 1.020 Should I stir it? or just leave it alone?

Well, this didn't really go as planned..... lol Wifes sister came over tonight and said whats that... popped the cap off the jug .... Oh, that smells good.... One thing led to another and we ended up dissolving a cup of sugar in some water, racked it over to a bottling bucket, filled...

Wonderful dude, I wish I had the willpower. The homebrewing has not helped. I look like you used to.

Just an update. I stirred up the jug. It is bubbling away like mad again. So obviously it's not done yet. Were going camping over the weekend so I will just let it do its thing and will play with it next week. Thanks for all of the help everyone. :ban: Four day weekend.....:rockin:

Just so I'm clear on carbing this. I wait until fermentation is completely finished. Determined by a consistent gravity over a period of a few days? Then carb with 3/4 tsp cornsugar/lactose / 12 oz bottle. Adjust the ratio of cornsugar/lactose for carb/sweetness? with the cornsugar...

Thanks for the recipe and the advice. My origional recipe came from a kit beer that I had made once and felt was a little weak. I look forward to trying some others as well. I'm not real big on hoppy/bitter beers so maybe this one will be ok. I'm drinking the kit porter right now and it is...

Thanks for the encouragement. I'll post up the results in a couple months.

Gravity was at 1.022 so I stirred it up. It tasted ok.... definately gonna need some sweetening.

All of the malt extracts were muntons dark. The dme were purchased in 1lb packages. The lme was bulk. I'm not sure of the brand, I will check next time I go to the lhbs. I don't have any data on the malt. Is there anything I should(can) do to balance this out at this point? or do...