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potentially though, if you used a dark malt and dark specialty grains, you could get a darker ale? If that's possible. Would love to know more about the book

What are those advantages? Which book are you speaking of?

I recently made a stout (from a kit) that had a base of 8 lbs of ultra-light extract malt. The specialty grains were obviously dark, and the stout came out great. But I am wondering-- why use ultra-light malts as a base. Why not use a Dark malt with some specialty grains also. Any thoughts the...

Beer turned out amazing. Doesn't seem to have been infected. This is my first and it really surprised me. We blind tasted it against a Breckenridge stout and we chose ours. Operation: Deep End stout.

Yes the recipe called for 14 days in the carboy and and 14 days in the bottles. It sat in the carboy 16 days. I have a hygrometer and the final gravity is 5.5% . The projected abv. was 5.3

I'm not sure if this matters, but the beer fermented an extra 2 days. How fast is fast to drink it? thanks for the help.

Yes, another did I ruin my beer. Maybe a new one for you. When I was trying to siphon my beer into the bottling bucket. I have one of those kind you blow into. The problem is the air filter was clogged and I couldn't get the beer to flow. Long story short, I had to take the filter off and had...

I am relying not only on a digital thermometer on the inside of the pantry but also the stick on kind on the carboy. It says 70 degrees. I have central air that goes in there as well. All seems well ----?

Update: The beer is resting at 70 degrees and there is fermentation taking place. Airlock is bubling and everything looks good.

Wow thanks for the information. The site said to stir gently. I guess why I freaked out, was I read in the How To Brew book and it said "don't stir". I'll let everyone know how the beer turns out. It's fermenting at around 72 degrees in my dark pantry. Thanks so much everyone!:mug:

I did and it was normal og rating. Can't remember 10.6? The yeast was Safale-05. The problem is I stired it until all the clumps were out like an idiot. The temp is around 80. Thanks for the replies people I appreciate it.

Hey guys, I made my first batch of beer tonight. Used a dry yeast packet with no instructions on it. Warmed up the water to 85 degrees. Long story short, I stirred they yeast in the water big time. Is the beer ruined or the yeast rather. Will I need to re-pitch? Any help would be much...