heckabrew
Well-Known Member
Alright, brewed my first batch last Saturday, it was a Brewer's Best Milk Stout Kit. The fermentation went fast, I never saw any bubbles in the airlock but the krausen appeared Sunday and reabsorbed into the wort by Wednesday, so I checked the gravity and it was within range at 1.024, OG was 1.061.
The instructions make it seem like I could bottle now but my LHBS suggested to leave it alone for a total of 2 weeks.
I'm tempted to just follow the instructions and bottle tomorrow but wanted to here what people thought on here. Here's the recipe:
FERMENTABLES
3.3 lb. Special Dark LME
3.3 lb. Light LME
.5 lb. Lactose
.5 lb. Maltodextrin
SPECIALTY GRAINS
8 oz. Caramel 120L
4 oz. Roasted Barley
4 oz. Dark Chocolate
HOPS
.5 oz. Magnum
.5 oz. Cluster
YEAST
Nottingham
The instructions make it seem like I could bottle now but my LHBS suggested to leave it alone for a total of 2 weeks.
I'm tempted to just follow the instructions and bottle tomorrow but wanted to here what people thought on here. Here's the recipe:
FERMENTABLES
3.3 lb. Special Dark LME
3.3 lb. Light LME
.5 lb. Lactose
.5 lb. Maltodextrin
SPECIALTY GRAINS
8 oz. Caramel 120L
4 oz. Roasted Barley
4 oz. Dark Chocolate
HOPS
.5 oz. Magnum
.5 oz. Cluster
YEAST
Nottingham