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3lb light malt extract
3lb wheat malt extract
8 oz heather tips
2 oz cascade hops
Edinburg yeast.
5 gl of filtered water

I also used some grain for steeping, but since I'm new to the grain game I can't remember what I used. I saw heather tips and wonder how that would affect the brew. The man behind the counter recommended I cut back on my bittering agent because it may overcome the subtle flavors of the heather tips. What I did was increased the amount of Heather tips and allowed them to boil for an hour before adding the hops. I think the hop flavor may overcome the heather tips. I think before I try this again I'll try to make a tea of the gruit before adding it to the beer.

I first used edinburgh ale yeast for my last batch. It was more or less an accident I bought American Hefeweizen Yeast but left it out so long that it was flat when it came to use it. So I had to run to the brew shop to pick up some more yeast. Unfortunately they didn't have American Hefeweizen so I had to get Edinburgh instead. I wasn't sure it was going to work out but I broke the case out for out Cinco de Mayo BBQ Fri. , Siete de Mayo this year, and it tasted just fine. A little flat but other than that not bad at all.