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Making 10 gallons of this recipe right now. Going to age half with vanilla bean and half on 3lbs of toasted coconut. And then maybe blend a bit of it if they both turn out good.

I used 5 oz of Detroit French Roast from the Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Company. Tossed it in at flameout, put the lid on and steeped for 10min like directions say. Turned out great. A bit more coffee forward than Founders but I liked it.

That's the only Pro/Con I can think of when talking about bottling. My beer patience is next to nothing.

Unfortunately I got less than 40 bottles out of this batch. Split it with my Dad and it did not stay around long enough to really test one out later down the road. Man I gotta brew this again soon.

Got an email back from Jasper's just now. I guess the AG instructions had a typo. It's supposed to be 24oz for both recipes. The PDF for AG has been updated. Sadly, I just finished my last bottle of this brew yesterday night. Gotta make some more!

That's funny, I noticed the same thing last night when checking out the AG recipe. I want to brew this again and thought the AG would save me a little $$. That's quite a discrepancy. If it were like a few ounces less I wouldn't really care but 19 ounces difference with no real difference in...

It turned out great. I used the 24oz of bakers chocolate like the recipe said to. I basically followed the recipe as close as possible. Used locally roasted Detrot dark coffee. The chocolate is definitely present as 24oz is a lot! Other FBS clone recipes I've seen haven't used a fraction of...

Base grains like 2-row need to be mashed. Rye needs to be mashed. Specialty grains like chocolate malt, or special b are for steeping. Also, steeping instructions should have you keep the grains in a range of temperatures, anywhere from 150-170 for anywhere from 20-30min. Partial mash...

I've never heard this before. Using pure o2 is beneficial to higher SG worts regardless of yeast type used in my opinion.

I vote to bottle it. No need to secondary. I would however, cold crash it in a fridge for a couple days if you have the ability.

I haven't quite determined which is the worse of the two evils. Having less of a beer made according to the numbers or having more of a slightly different beer than what you intended.

Marking the outside of the carboys with some gorilla tape at gallon increments would solve that problem.

A refactometer is a great tool for measure gravity while boiling. Periodic checks during the later stages of the boil will let you know when you've reached your target gravity. For $25 shipped, I think it's a great and inexpensive way to get peace of mind.

I've always read that you cold crash prior to adding gelatin as it works better. This is first beer I've ever used gelatin on and I think it worked great!

My offering. The transfer with inkjet printer was really easy.

You could always cut it off and lose 1/2" of tubing. Then use a razor blade to cut the rest off.

I moved this one to secondary after a week. I'm going to bottle tomorrow actually. Took a hydro sample tonight and it tasted amazing.

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. My Founders Breakfast Stout clone label

Brewed this kit this afternoon. Everything went well. I was surprised just how much chocolate 24oz is. By far the thickest chunkiest wort to date. Looked like melted chocolate ice cream with crushed Oreos. Couldn't even swallow the hydro sample because of the coffee grounds.