[Shuie]

Thanks, guys. I really appreciate the feedback.

I really wanted to do use light extract and to get all of the flavor from the grains. My homebrew shop only had 3lbs of the light extract, tho, so I went with the amber LME since it was the next lightest option. The German ale yeast also wasn't my first choice, but that's what the shop had, so I used it. The Carapils and Spanish Moss were suggestions from the homebrew shop. The Orange peel was unplanned. I was actually getting ready to eat the orange towards the end of the boil, and it just smelled right, so I threw it in the pot since I had no aroma hops.

I used hops sparingly. I don't hate bitter hoppy beer, but I really didn't want this to be to hoppy at all. I added up to about half of the pack of hops during the boil, based on the smell I was getting. The homebrew shop guy told me I could add the rest in the secondary fermenter if I wanted to.

I also never racked this to a secondary fermenter. I was told the Spanish Moss would help clear it. I'm not comfortable with the siphoning or handling secondary carboys yet, so I just decided to leave it in the primary for 3 weeks, and then keg.