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For what it's worth, I also had a nearly-immediate stuck sparge on this. I wasn't prepared to deal with it (being only my second all-grain batch ever, I'm new at this stuff) so I resorted to stirring and scraping to get the liquid to flow. It took forever, but I ended up getting the liquid out...

I'm replying! Amazing swath of prizes, all of the winners are going to be thrilled. G'luck all!

Wanted to say thank you for this recipe, I included a batch of this in my brewing weekend this past Saturday. The tempered yeast starter worked brilliantly and the yeast has been very happy from the start. I'm tempted to split it into two 3-gallon carboys during the secondary stage and add...

Thank you for your dedication and service!

I admit I'm waiting for a report back on this too. It's possibly my next brew if the recipe works out!

There was an all-grain recipe much earlier in the thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/double-chocolate-oatmeal-snout-126638/#post1576320 That's the one I used, I just finished transferring it to the secondary on Monday. It should be okay, although I screwed up the sparge (it was my first...

Replied! :)

The name alone has my attention! Subscribed with glee. It might do me well to get away from porters and stouts for a bit, SWMBO likes lighter stuff and I gotta keep 'er happy too. :)

Man, I gotta hand it to you Jester, this thread singlehandedly got me permission with SWMBO to build a bar. She said, "if you can build something that looks even half as nice as that Keezer Bar, you can put that anywhere in the house." Thanks dude! ;) I'll post my own build thread eventually...

Count me in, those look fantastic!

Alright, this is on deck for me next along with a stout I have planned. I'm thinking of doing two 5G batches: one straight and one with berries (probably strawberries, but I'm still debating). What would you do to offset the added tartness of the berries? Up the Crystal by a quarter pound?

Southern Illinois? Oh, wait, that's everything south of I-80 isn't it? :D Seriously though, good luck getting this set up and way to take initiative. I'd start simple: post fliers at the LBS with their permission and try to arrange for a date in the future to get a meeting together.

Here's a How To for making your own stir plate for REAL cheap: http://www.donosborn.com/homebrew/stir_plate.htm

Welcome to HBT! :mug: It's quite the party around here, glad you joined up.

Welcome to HBT. :mug: