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Ingredients:

* 1 can (3.3 lbs) of light malt extract
* 1 can (3.3 lbs) of dark malt extract
* 1 packet of Safbrew T-58 yeast
* 1 oz Fuggle hops pellets
* 1 oz Bramling cross hops pellets
* 1 tsp irish moss
* 1 cup of priming sugar

This was my first batch of beer.  My Dad and I started it together, though we forgot to check the specific gravity when we did.

The boil was a full hour.  We added the bramling cross hops for the full hour, and the fuggle for the last 15 minutes.  The irish moss went in at the half-hour mark.  We cooled the wort to about 90 degrees before adding cold water to bring it up to 5 gallons.  Pitched the yeast at about 86 degrees.  Fermented in the primary for about a week, then in secondary for two.  Added 1 cup of priming sugar at bottling.  Conditioning in the bottle helped a lot, as the earlier bottles were pretty harsh, but the later bottles were very nice.  Definitely wanted to sit for at least 3 weeks before drinking.

The beer turned out pretty good, though I don't like one of the flavors.  Apparently it's the yeast that added that flavor, because if the beer is left to settle, and I'm careful about pouring, I can minimize that flavor.

* [[User:Ubernerd|Ubernerd]] and Tom helped rack to secondary
* [[User:Zahnnie|Zahnnie]] and RedCat helped bottle