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I'm attempting to build a recipe to have ready by March so I can pass it out to my groomsmen. I am going for a smooth chewy oatmeal stout which I will add a cinnamon stick to secondary (oatmeal cookie ish). Below is my current recipe. Any advice/criticism is welcome, but I have two main...

It was pure bourbon vanilla extract from TJ's.

Hi all. This is thread is half question, half rant. I know the answer will most likely be "wait and see". SWMBO wanted to help bottle my latest beer. It was an imperial brown that was bulk aged for 6 weeks then oaked for 6 days with bourbon soaked chips. Tasted great. On bottling...

This was indeed for a 5gal batch. However, I lost a little over a gallon due to absorption and sediment. The frozen cubes (store bought - no preservatives) actually went in at flameout. The OG was right around 1.063. I used the malt bill for a flower power clone found on hopville.com. Fg...

I actually forgot about this thread. As the thread originator, I feel a small obligation to post my results especially since so many people offered some fantastic input. I followed the recipe exactly as in the original post, and ended up using a total of 5.5 lb of mango. I used 2lb of...

After all your posts, I'm going to buy 8lb of mango in hopes it will land me 5lb of puree in the end. I will be sure to freeze it. I'm not going through the trouble of splitting the batch because either it will not have enough flavor and turn out to be a great citra dryhopped ipa, or it...

It is too far to get to my homebrew store just for puree. I'm going to suck it up and use fresh.

Per my girlfriends request, I'm going to take a stab at a mango ipa. Here is what I have put together so far... lb oz 7 0 Light DME 2 0 American Two-row Pale 0 8 Munich Malt 0 4 Honey Malt 1oz centennial at 60 min (31.1 IBU) 1oz cascade at 20 min (13.8 IBU) 1oz Amarillo...

I'm jealous about the pliny. Been after that for a while. Good luck w/ the brew!

Forget the Lloyd Christmas quote, a brand new up-to-code fire alarm at midnight is the most annoying sound in the world.

Evening all, As I sit here with no tv due to the weather, I thought I'd share my (almost) tragic story of my second go at homebrewing. I decided to brew a big ol RIS (OG came in right around 1.1) monday night. I decided to up my boil to 4 gal in a 5 gallon pot b/c I was worried about hop...

I am preparing for a RIS brewing tonight and I'm getting big differences in IBUs among the different online calculators. My OG is right around 1.106 set for a 3 gallon boil Hop schedule: oz aa time 2.0 13 60 nugget 0.5 4.8 60 willamette 1.0 4.8 30 willamette 0.5 4.8 5...

I am not necessarily worried about steeping, but I want to work forward towards all grain with each batch I make. I will be brewing big DIPA and RIS styles almost exclusively and don't want to end up with a big sweet mess because I mashed too high. I might give the oven a try. Thanks

Good evening all, I would like some insite as to how you guys can maintain such specific mashing temps on a stove. I had a difficult enough time maintaining 170F just to steep my first batch, and I was watching it like a hawk. any tips? Chad

I need the ambition if I'm going to stay interested in this hobby. I want to brew the styles I like to drink. It just so happens the styles I'm interested in are a little more advanced in their recipes.