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Since I didn't have kegs available to force carbonate, I decided to bottle condition. However, the suggestion made above was to stabilize and back sweeten to 1.012. Doing that would have made it impossible to bottle condition, so I figured I would try lactose since it is not fermentable. I did...

I tasted my first bottle of this today. I added the acids and since I wanted to bottle condition I added a bit of lactose. It has a strong aroma from the Amarillo and a strong citrus flavor with just a hint of bitterness. Overall I am quite happy with it. My one regret is not recording how much...

I finally got around to making this. I used Citra instead o the Falconer's Flight and my OG 1.053. I am looking forward to seeing how it finishes up. Now to get my kegs clean and refurbished to carbonate this.

I was hoping to get this going on the weekend, but vehicle repairs ate up much of my time and energy, and there is still more to do :( The forecast is for rain today and tomorrow, so maybe I can get a batch going. I have a pile of things to bottle as well, so I need to get that out of the...

So you back sweetened to about 1.012, added 1 tsp of Citric and 1 tsp of malic for 5 gallons. I need to get a keg empty.

So you did back sweeten it? I have the option of either using natural carbonation with no back sweetening, or force carbonation with a carbonation cap which I have not used yet. I have kegs, but they are full and getting a new one is out of the budget at the moment.

I have everything I need to make this; now I just have to find the time. I have a bunch of repairs to do on the truck, and that takes priority at the moment. If they go well, I may be able to get to it tomorrow. If not, well, I will cross that bridge when I get to it.

I like the look. I think I will try it out, although I will only do a 1 gallon batch.

I was thinking of Citra hops with the Amarillo. So what does this look like when it is done? I am curious to see what that amount of crystal malt gives in terms of color.

Once I have some fermentation vessels available, I think I will try this. Thanks for the update.

I think I will try it, although I am not sure I can get Falconer's Flight Hops around here. Possible online, but I prefer supporting the LHBS, and shipping in Canada is ridiculously expensive. I probably will not boil the honey. I will steep the crystal in some water, then boil that with the...

I have checked around here, but not even the little packets are at Canadian Tire around here. The Oxi with TSP works fine for me, not haze so our water must not be that hard.

Are you boiling the honey? Wouldn't that remove much of the honey characteristics?

The Oxi-clean/TSP mix seems to work quite well for me without the 7th Generation. It may work better with it, but since I cannot easily find it around here, I will stick with this for now.

Then I will just go with the 70/30 split and see how it works. I am not sure on the current hardness of the water here. It used to be quite hard, but the water was mainly taken from local wells. Then the doubled up the pipeline from Lake Huron, and shut down the wells. I think the water is far...