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you think 5/8ths a cup priming sugar and 4oz ofd multodextrin be good and not 2 much ?

I want my Irish stout i'm clearning to be thick , and i read that green beer will thicken up but i'm not sure it was pretty watery when i tasted it .

can i add Maltodextrin at the bottling stage? if so how and how much to use? also if can add it do i have to adjust my priming sugar which is 3/4th a cup for 5.25 gal batch ?

sorry, it was brew in bag.. my bad, i'm new at this.

i have a 7.5 gal brew pot; and was wondering exactly how to do the boil in bag method.? i was reading allot of different things and none gave me a clear way to do it ??? any help would be appreciated. thx

well i have actually 2 extract brews going lol. i did 1 one day got excited and got another one and a better bottle the next day lol. so would a 5 gal better bottle be alright for a secondary, even know i started out with a little more than 5 gallons? I was thinking of doing a 10 days...

well i might of taken a wrong reading but ( thanks IceFisherChris) i went bought some DME dark 1 pound mixed it with water and added it and it seemed to react well so hopefully i can get like a 4-5% hopefully. problem is , is that i broke my hydometer sampleing tube thing so now, shrug. i'll...

HI, i just started home brewing. I started with 1 coopers Brewmaster Irish stout pre hopped kit and 1 can of LME 3.3# dark muttons. I got a Hydrometer reading of 1.34 which seems a little weak to me. it's around 5 - 5 1/2 gallons total. I used a safal 04 yeast or something like that. Does...