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What is the ABV of your IPA? Is it on par with other beers you have brewed? You indicated that you generally drink the equivalent of four 12-oz beers or more when you drink (you said the bomber and two others were "light" for you), which is actually quite a bit of alcohol, especially considering...

Normally, I would totally agree with you, without question, but I've generally found found most canned kits, including this one, to be somewhat flat in terms of overall flavor, especially in comparison to basically every malt-extract with specialty grains recipe I have been brewed. Well, you...

That's a really good idea. I didn't know about this brewersfriend website. I'm definitely going to go with the milk-stout, and I'll definitely give the website a try. Thanks again.

I will look for a special grain extract recipe for that. I've heard good things about it, but I've never had it.

No worries, man! I figured something was misread. I hope my reply didn't come off *****ey. I'm very... short and factual at times so I worry it might have come off not as I intended. Anyway, I'm open to suggestions and input from anyone, even those who misread it. As it is, I learned from you...

I don't have specialty grains, the ingredients I listed are what I have. I was looking to add some specialty grains to enhance the overall product. If I get some good suggestions, I will get the grains and use up the extra ingredients I listed.

I am just trying to use all of my leftover/excess beer ingredients to close out 2015. I have one can Munton's Connoisseur's Irish Stout (no-boil, I know), 4 lbs dark DME, almost 2 pounds light DME, some fuggle hops, a pound of Lactose sugar, a pack of Wyeast 1272, two packs of US-05 and about a...

To be perfectly honest, I do it in part because I enjoy the process, but I also get better clarity in the overall finished product. Also, the bottling process is the part I dislike most, so I'm prone to putting it off, and putting it off, and putting it off, etc... it buys me time :p...

I mainly use a 6-gallon glass carboy for primary and I always rack to a 5-gallon glass carboy for secondary. Like many others, I enjoy watching the process through the glass. As far as the whole oxidation and risk of infection I often see people who prefer to ferment the entirety in primary...

He's going to be just fine. The main concern was if he had an iodine sensitivity. They told me to keep an eye on him for the next few hours and bring him in if there was an issue. I kept him close all night and he had no issues.

Thank you, and I am taking the Starsan suggestion very seriously. He's gonna be locked up here and there until I finish this small bottle of iodine, but I'm definitely turning to Starsan from then on.

I finally got through to the animal hospital. The person actually giggled while I explained what happened and just told me to keep an eye on him. It was just a few sips and the iodine is very diluted. She was kind enough to look up what information they on their database and basically told me...

I'm sorry, I didn't know where to put this, I couldn't fine a "random" type forum and to be perfectly honest, I don't want jokesters replying. I am sure there are other pet owners out there who have had the occasional, "my pet got into this..." issue, so I find myself reaching out to you. I use...

I really like that you went with an extract recipe here, much easier for someone such as myself to try with such limited space available. I'll surely give this a try next time it's brew time.

Yeah, this is the first time I've ever really "actively" controlled the temps as I am, and I'm used to everything being done in two weeks... well, as it regards airlock activity. The bubble every 15-seconds is what I'm used to after about 5 days. I intend to keep an eye on it and wait it out...

I brewed a beer that will be around 7.2% ABV a couple of weeks ago. We had a warm front move in that jacked the temp in my closet to nearly 80 degrees within the first 24 hours so I bought a tub and made a swamp cooler about 36 hours in. Fermentation was crazy due to the temp, but it slowed and...

My first beer experience was Milwaukee's Best. My first good beer experience was Sam Adams Boston Lager, which tasted so different from Coors and Bud I initially didn't like it. Took me three days to finish the six-pack, but after day 3 I could never go back to the likes of Coors and Bud again...

I appreciate all the feedback guys, I wasn't aware that s-04 was such an active yeast. I looked in on it this morning and it looks like it stopped pushing kraussen through the blowoff overnight, and there was never any major blowoff like when I kept it at 68. Overall, this portion of the...

Okay, good to know. I guess I just figured that the lower temps would slow the activity of the yeast such that there would be little to no blow-offing going on... which is really the case, all things considered to the previous batches. I was going to use Wyeast 1099 (Whitbread), but the store...

... or at least it seems vigorous. Prior to using a swamp cooler for my primary fermentation, I would pitch my yeast (2-pks safale s-04) and leave my carboy in my closet at 68 degrees with a blowoff hose leading to a gallon spring water jug half full of water/iodine mix. I would typically have...