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  1. downey542

    Imperial Stout Imperial Bastard Stout

    I kegged last night. I had it for a total of 29 days in the fermentor and finished with a fg of 1.024. 6.45%abv. Disappointed. I was hoping it would of ended up higher. But it does taste amazing. I deff will be making again. Thanks for sharing.
  2. downey542

    Imperial Stout Imperial Bastard Stout

    So I'm on day 15 of fermentation and I still have activity in the airlock. Has anyone else had bubbling for this long? I did have a blowoff tube in there the first 10 days and had a small amount of blowoff then put the airlock in and it's been bubbling since.
  3. downey542

    Imperial Stout Imperial Bastard Stout

    I threw two table spoons of coffee when steeping the grains and used wyeast 1084(equivalent) but did the rest according to recipe. I had an og of 1.074. It's been less then 24 hours and I already have it coming out the blowoff tube. I'm going to keg this but may transfer after two weeks into...
  4. downey542

    Imperial Stout Imperial Bastard Stout

    I'm brewing this tonight with some very minor alterations. I will comment back with progress. Can't wait to try this one!
  5. downey542

    Imperial Stout Imperial Bastard Stout

    Has anyone kegged this yet? im thinking of doing this next and kegging it.
  6. downey542

    Cracked lid on fermentor

    Yes a hairline crack.
  7. downey542

    Cracked lid on fermentor

    Hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone else ever experienced this. After putting my beer into the fermentation bucket I noticed I wasn't getting any bubbling out of the airlock. I wasn't worried, I just figured I'd do a hydrometer reading to make sure it was good. Then I noticed 8 days later...
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