If it is still in fermentation these should drop out as the beer clears. IT looked pretty hideous in the carboy at first but tastes great now.
triat00 >> I bumped the base malt to 5kg and only used half the lactose in recipe. OG was around 1.065. Also didn't have chocolate extract. Still...
I have a noobs question about ph levels...the water we are using (local spring water) has a ph pf 8-8.5 i think which seems incredibly high. Should we be adding salts to lower the ph or will simply boiling the sparge water solve any flavor issues? We seem to consistently have a slightly...
So just the usual cup of malt extract or should i lower it to counter for the sugar content of the extract? Just a little worried about stout exploding all over my carpet!
Was the chocolate extract the only priming sugar added. I don't have a keg but would like to give this a crack so wondering what to prime with. Also where to get milk sugar?
Just wondering how long the standard plastic fermenting buckets will last. Mine seem to have a pretty strong 'plastic' smell when empty. I recently bought a new one which had much less smell to it. The other buckets are about 3-4 years old and have seen a few brews. Can these old buckets...