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Greetings! Curious your recommendations for a delicious standalone imperial stout - which would also be accommodating to customization, like oak chips/whiskey or maybe cherries or marshmallows etc. Thoughts? Thank you,

Awesome, thanks JaDeD!

Ok, so potential to be decent. Which is fine seeing as this is my first go. Awesome feedback, really appreciate it!

Hi, First shot at any type of sour. I totally misinterpreted the instructions and had an "AHA" moment at like 3am. Basically, I mashed, cooled, added the uncrushed grain and am incubating with the crushed grain I mashed. Should I have taken it out? will this have an impact? This grain was...

hmmm. wondering if should not use the US. Or, what kind of flavor I'll get without a starter. Usually, I wouldn't question it, but I'm targeting the OG so low.

Bump, because I just don't know and i dont want it TOO funky!

Hi, making a dry hopped funky pale ale. The target gravity is 1.030, i was planning on pitching brett for 3-4 days then finishing with US-05. Only looking for a little funk. Because of the low OG, can i pitch my vial directly in the the wort as it will work as a very large starter of sorts...

Good feedback Bierhaus, thank you. :mug: These sound delicious. So, a 20min whirlpool at flameout should be safe? Or would you recommend dropping temp a little prior to whirlpool addition?

Hi Just picked up a pound of Vic Secret and 1/2lb of topaz. I am planning on brewing up some juicy hop forward IPA's. The AA content is higher than i expected 12% ( I didn't bother checking before ordering not that it would have stopped me). So, Obviously I can dryhop with this. But should I...

Thanks all. Emo off. Optimistically cracked open a kent falls dry hopped blonde. exploded into a beer slurpy. Beer slurpy's are not as enjoyable as they sound. Balls. I'll check the probe though maybe that is it. Just crazy the sensor is so off. When I grip it in my hand I see the temp raise...

Worse day at work ever, my dog's cancer is aggressive and the medication is making me bankrupt. I dreamt about a nice first carbed pull of the Mosaic/Citra NEIPA i recently brewed all day. Pull the handle....What? Nothing? inspects lines, notices everything is frozen. Opens keg, frozen beer...

I like that idea. A Lot. Perhaps dial back the lactose?

Thanks for the feedback. My thoughts were along the same. Any style recommendations? What about an octoberfest?

So, 2 + years back I ordered 4 different rhizome's. My 3yo daughter at the time helped me plant them, to my mistake I was too distracted to notice we didn't carry the label over with the rhizome.:ban: So , I have a mixture of Cascade, Chinook, Nugget and Norther Brewer. I planted them WAY to...

Not incredibly refined. Curious your thoughts on this stout recipe. Mash temps and yeast etc? Lactose or no? Its going to be racked to a secondary with wood chips for a month or so. 10 lbs. Maris Otter Pale 4oz roasted barley 4oz Dark chocolate malt 4oz Caramel/Crystal 90L 1 lb...