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I have been brewing for a couple of years now and finally switched to kegging. It's only one keg for now but I left room for expansion.

kwingert the recpies OG was to be 1057-1061 and the FG was to be 1020-1024 before adding the cocoa powder

It was kept at 66-68 contsant tempetureduring fermenting. I saw lots of action in the airlockfor the first week slowed down a bit the second week. The Krausen has dropped and the beer tastes fine. I think its probably ready to bottle. OF course this was a milk stout so there was .5 pound of...

I currently have an extract BB Milk Stout in the fermenter I did the directions exactly except I added 8 ounces of cocoa powder with 15 minutes left in the boil. My OG was 1064. It has been in the fermenter for 2 weeks and my gravity is only 1030. I checked it last week and it was 1030 also...

Thanks for the response. Yes I plan on using unsweetened nestle cocoa powder. I also did not want to add an additional unknowns using extra sugars and trying to stay away from using bakers chocolate to keep the milk fats away.

Just updated my orginal post with the recpie. This recpie is exactly what comes in the brewers best milk stout kit that I have. I just put it into iBrewmaster format.

I am brewing the brewers best milk stout recipe kit this weekend. I really want to beef up the chocolate flavor by adding cocoa powder. I have researched it here on the forum and am thinking I will use 8 ounces of cocoa powder to the boil at 10 minutes. Thye recpie calls for .5 lbs of lactose...

I am brewing the brewers best milk stout recipe kit this weekend. I really want to beef up the chocolate flavor by adding cocoa powder. I have researched it here on the forum and am thinking I will use 8 ounces of cocoa powder to the boil at 10 minutes. Thye recpie calls for .5 lbs of lactose...

I have started brewing my own Beer in 5 gallon batches. Now I have the left over Mr. Beer keg that I started with. I thought I would make some hard cider. Does anyone have any recipies for a 2 gallon hard cider I can make in my Mr. Beer keg

Well I just bottled my first batch of beer. I made a BB Witbier. It spent 12 days in primary. My gravity was 1.040 going into the fermenter. When I bottled yesterday it was at 1.010. I used 1 liter PET bottles and ended up with 17 bottles. Now the wait begins before I can drink it. I did taste...

Well now I am really worried about all these responses. I have my very 1st batch in the fermenter right now and the exact same thing happened to me with the airlock grommet. I tried to fish it out with a spoon but could not get it. So i made up some sanitizer and soaked my arm in it and reached...

I have the same question. I just did my forst 5 gallon brew. It was Witbier from BB. I thought it was pretty dark going into the fermenter too.

Hello all. I am new to home brewing. I have quite a few Mr. Beer batches under my belt, whick I know is not real brewing, but I did make some pretty good beer. The questions I have is. Since I have used a Mr Beer kit for some time I have a lot of the 1 liter amber PET bottles. Aer those suitable...

Hello all. I am a new home brewer from Mattoon Il. I started with the Mr. Beer kit and made 4 or 5 really good batches with that. I am now starting 5 gallon extract brewing. I have taken a class offered at my local community college called beermaking 101. I learned a lot about brewing. I brewed...