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Brewed this way back when, really great brew. Going to pop a bottle this weekend and see how it held up.

To all: brew this beer!

Well, I have decided not to add bourbon or oak to this beer. I tasted a sample this weekend and wow. No booze flavor. Not killer on the roast, I added a half cup of coffee grounds to the mash and it really adds some depth of flavor. Looking to bottle in a week or two. I'm going to do a few 22oz...

Hey I brewed this in early august, I'm going to burbon and oak this november first. I've been soaking the young oak since august and I figure two months on the oak and bottle end of december. Im going to bottle, cork, wax, and age for a year. Mine is slightly biter, high abv for sure. I added...

Brewing this tomorrow. Using an English yeast though. I'm going to take the tip on splitting the fermenters to minimize blow off.

Calc your ABV and make sure the yeast van handle it. If everything lines up let it go. I'm going to guess that it will survive and make a good brew, with a slightly higher ABV.

I'm in northwest Indiana, and I just dropped off my state fair home-brews off at sun king in Indy. They had some great beers. I picked up a growler of pale ale. Anyway, they sell their brew in 4 packs of cans. Make some calls and track them down. Esb and pale ale are really going to be great in...

Three words... Homemade wort chiller. Not a process money saver, but saves a good amount of time and a nice chunk of change from buying one.

I added them like 15 - 20 left in the boil. 8.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 2.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) 1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L (30.0 SRM) 1.00 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) 1.00 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) 0.50 oz Fuggles [4.52%] (60 min) 0.50 oz Fuggles...

When I brewed my latest porter I added a cup of maltodextros, and 4 oz of lactos to increase smoothness. Saw the tweak on someone else's recipe and gave it a go. It came out fantastic, I'm down the the final six pack that I'm going to age a bit... If I can wait... I didn't want some crazy milk...

Subscribed. Please keep us posted on the gravity readings. I love a good mystery. I'm the the crew saying that the syrupy sugars are at the bottom.

Pretty much why I came to that... Just curious if I was messing something in my process. Oh, and there is NOTHING wrong with airlock sniffing!

Yeah, I used the fly guy build and put the cap on the end. Still when I did my stir it moved and shifted to the top during the last brew. I think I might just convert all copper manifold, or use an insert with holes. Though... I still got plenty of wort to make my Dunkel Weizen.

Off topic, but still in the ball park. I did my first all brain brew using this system last weekend and had massive issues with the ss braid surfacing during my mash. Any only else have this issue? I was thinking about inserting something into it to keep it taught. I'm going to venture a...

I did this last week. I boiled and sanitized a small strainer and held it under the syphon and under the beer level in the bottling bucket to prevent air getting in. Worked fine... Please post if you get coconut flavor. From drinking the sample I got no coconut... However, the sugars in the...

Perfect. Thanks for the quick posts. I'm not at the level if getting different temps for different beers yet, but you know how it goes. With every beer it seems my set up is expanding. Since my last post I took a few more readings and it's still in that range. Above 60 below 66. Thanks.

Ok. Expanding my fermentation set up from a closet to the basement. The only worry I have is that the temp in my basement. It's between 63 - 65*F. Right now I'm fermenting at approximately 68 - 70*F. Is the 63 - 65*F range to low? Thoughts?

Ha, good advice. I'm going to keep it a week or two in the secondary then let them mature in the basement. Im thinking about brewing up a Dunkel weizen Next. Hopefully it will bridge the gap between now and porter o'clock.

Well, that's about what I expected to hear... Hopefully there are enough yeast still working in the secondary to take care of business. I joined this site after I moved into that part of the process. Oh well... I've read and become verse on how to use, read the hydro to bottle. Any guess what...

Ok, so first post! I followed the box recipe brewed last week. Transferred to the secondary after 5 days. The first 3 days after brewing I had serious action out of the air valve, then it stopped. I know, this does not mean that the yeast isn't working. I tasted a bit when I racked and got a...