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Thanks for the help. This is great info. I picked up the 2-row over lunch today. Getting fired up to make this brew tonight!

Hey guys, I'm thinking of doing my first partial mash brew tonight, but have a few questions. I recently purchased a cream ale extract kit from Northern Brewer, but decided to modify it a bit before doing the brew. I'd like to turn it into some kind of vanilla cream ale kit. The below recipe...

Hey guys, I'm not sure if anyone is still following this or not, but I finally got to try the first bottle of my Vanilla Milk Stout. All in all, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. It has a good vanilla taste and nice mouth feel. I may have overdone it a bit with the vanilla. Being a...

One more question - Where can I get vanilla beans?! LHBS? Supermarket?

Thanks a lot for the conversion/advice Jim. I'm going to check this out after work today and make final decisions before brew day on Saturday! Thanks all, I'll keep you posted on how it turns out. :tank:

Certainly worth trying. You may get some interesting flavors with the Chocolate malt and vanilla working together - assuming the chocolate flavor wasn't too overwhelming. I would cut the coffee out completely if she complains of a "burnt" taste. Its funny - my brother actually refers to...

I found a recipe for "Community Milk Stout" that looks pretty good. I've added a couple of things. I'll list below. Thoughts? 7# Pale Liquid Extract (8 SRM) 1# Chocolate Malt (350 SRM) .75# Caramel/Crystal Malt .5 # Roasted Barley (500 SRM) .5 # Cara-Pils/Dextrine .75 # Flaked Oats 2...

Thanks Jim. I am in fact looking for an extract recipe so you were dead on with your assumption. Unfortunately, I do not have beersmith, however it sounds like something I should look into very soon. Would it be too much trouble for you to convert? No worries if you don't have the time...

Hey Guys, I'd like to brew up a milk stout this weekend. I've never used lactose in any of my brews before and I'm curious as to what the best method is and how it will turn out. I'm thinking of adding some coffee with the grains and possibly a split vanilla bean during 2ndary ferm. I was...

Hey guys, I'm new to brewing and this will be third batch, but the first time that I've done any real "experimenting". I'm hoping some of you can offer me a little advice. I'd like to brew something resembling Dogfish Heads Indian Brown Ale. Basically what I've put together is the recipe for...

Hey Guys, I'm new to brewing and starting my second batch tonight - an oatmeal stout extract recipe. My recipe calls for "oat meal flakes". Would this be regular oatmeal from the grocery store? Sorry, if that's a dumb question. I thought it would be better to ask and make sure than mess it...