Poorly planned my brew day last friday and didn't start until 2ish, Finished the mash no problem but that was also about the time the sun went down. Then my propane bottle froze up and I could not get the heat needed to get to a boil. Also found the hose from my house spigot to the counter flow...
Took 3 growlers of this in to work today for beer Friday, Was a big hit even with the extra alcohol content. Everyone really liked it, or at least liked 8% ABV beer lol.
Just put it in the secondary, I boiled a little long and only collected 4.5 gallons in the primary and over shot the gravity quite a bit (I was using a new mash tun and my own grinder so hopefully I will be able to dial that in better.) It was 1.071 going into primary and 1.011 coming out so it...
Gonna give this a shot tomorrow. Was going to add lactos but then read the whole thread and just decided to follow it as written. Seems to be pretty popular as written.