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So an update on how the brew is going. Went with this recipe Belgian Pale Ale Malt 12lbs Flaked Oats 2lbs Chocolate Malt .5 Roasted Barley 1.5b 2oz Cocoa Powder Fermentis Safbrew S-33 Dry Ale Yeast 2/3 oz cascade 1/3 amarillo at 60 1/2 oz amarillo at 15. Additives 1lb Lactose 3.5 capfuls...

Thanks for the help!

So I'm starting my first all grain brew, and It's now 24hrs of fermentation. The initial start was great had an OG of 1.085 and used safbrew s-33 dry ale yeast. After about 3 hrs there was vigorous bubbling but now it's a day out and only very slowly bubbling. Last gravity was 1.050. Do I need...

Lol Frazier you sound so Scottish.

Thanks for the advice and patience. I'm still really new so It's nice to here some constructive feedback. I'll play around with the suggestions and see what I get. As far as oatmeal goes, how much oatmeal would you consider too much?

What ratio would you put for those? If it's the roasted for color, I'm substituting the Black patent. What ratio for crystal would you suggest?

I'm really new to brewing so I thought I'd solicit some help for my first all grain recipe. I've been toying around with a recipe for an all grain Oatmeal stout. The idea for the beer is to make it an oatmeal milk stout with an ABV on the high end of an imperial stout with a chocolaty profile...