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I used a can of Black Rock Miner's stout hopped malt extract. It just looked so good every time I saw it in Tokyu Hands. It is meant to make 5gallons but I only have two gallon-sized carboys so I just split it between those. It turned out really sweet, but not undrinkable...
Thanks for all the great advice. Sorry to post this in the wrong area. Might have had too much of that miner's stout before posting. But i will take the advice and add light DME instead of the the dark. Thanks again to all.
I'm a big fan of heavy thick dark beers. Stouts and porters etc. All the recipes I see call for a base of pale malts supplemented with dark roasted, black or chocolate malts. Is there something wrong with using only these and foregoing the pale base?
This is going to be my second batch. The...