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Cider House Rules
Hello all,
I'm cleaning out what I have left of homebrewing materials, I've had a run of bad batches and I have one final one I want to do... But it's going to be a weird one. I'm going to use this as my litmus whether I want to keep going or not.
I have a "Brewer's Best Irish Stout" kit that has been hanging around for a bit. I never get what I believe to be a good "Brewhouse efficiency" out of these kits, they usually specify an OG decently above what I end up with. I also have some DME laying around and I intend on using it to boost the alcohol and body, because I find Irish Stouts to be pretty thin and much prefer Imperial Russian style, or similar.
So here's what I have laying around: WEIRD ITEMS
- 6lbs lactose
- a bag of cacao nibs (thinking maybe I'll try to make a chocolate milk stout out of this?)
- 6lbs of CBW Golden Light DME
I'm hoping to augment the above kit, which comes with:
- 3.3 lbs dark LME
- 2.0 lbs dark DME
- 0.5 lbs maltodextrin
- 12oz Cara Munich Dark
- 4oz Black Barley
- 4oz Chocolate Wheat
- 1oz Columbus and 1oz Wilamette hops
Any suggestions for process modifications, when I can add cacao nibs, or if I can use some/all of the weird items to make something somewhat decent? My struggle with adding DME is not knowing what to expect for OG impact and FG impact when used alongside these kits, and I've forgotton most of what I remember about making beer since I had a celiac diagnosis a year ago that I've since decided to ignore.
This is a "closet cleanout" so I'm hoping to use what I can here. Thank you!!
I'm cleaning out what I have left of homebrewing materials, I've had a run of bad batches and I have one final one I want to do... But it's going to be a weird one. I'm going to use this as my litmus whether I want to keep going or not.
I have a "Brewer's Best Irish Stout" kit that has been hanging around for a bit. I never get what I believe to be a good "Brewhouse efficiency" out of these kits, they usually specify an OG decently above what I end up with. I also have some DME laying around and I intend on using it to boost the alcohol and body, because I find Irish Stouts to be pretty thin and much prefer Imperial Russian style, or similar.
So here's what I have laying around: WEIRD ITEMS
- 6lbs lactose
- a bag of cacao nibs (thinking maybe I'll try to make a chocolate milk stout out of this?)
- 6lbs of CBW Golden Light DME
I'm hoping to augment the above kit, which comes with:
- 3.3 lbs dark LME
- 2.0 lbs dark DME
- 0.5 lbs maltodextrin
- 12oz Cara Munich Dark
- 4oz Black Barley
- 4oz Chocolate Wheat
- 1oz Columbus and 1oz Wilamette hops
Any suggestions for process modifications, when I can add cacao nibs, or if I can use some/all of the weird items to make something somewhat decent? My struggle with adding DME is not knowing what to expect for OG impact and FG impact when used alongside these kits, and I've forgotton most of what I remember about making beer since I had a celiac diagnosis a year ago that I've since decided to ignore.
This is a "closet cleanout" so I'm hoping to use what I can here. Thank you!!