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Awesome! thanks, did the black patent make it burnt tasting? I have never brewed with it before.

Secondary recipe 6lb Maris .75 lb roasted barley 1.5 lb flaked barly .25 lb chocolate .25 lb crystal 60 1 oz fuggle 60 min 1 oz east kent 15 min kinda marry my base for the milk stout with a Guinness the clone to lower the above to about 4.5 instead of mid 5s? any thoughts?

I spoke with a lactation consultant, It take about two hours to metabolize the alcohol. You can drink while breastfeeding but have to watch it. she can have one but only if there is a wide window between feedings. Also there are test to see if you have to pump and dump, its like a ph strip...

Thanks. the Munich has been put on and taken off a few time the last few days. just have to remember not to over complicate things.

thats what I am leaning toward, should help keep the above a little lower. (a least thats what the calculator I'm using is saying)

No real validation. She just wants a beer, like baddddddddd, and I want to brew again so it makes for a fun project. And the malts and hops are suppose to help, I talked to a lactation consultant about it, and she said it is just a different vehicle, lots of people make lactation cookies using...

Awesome thanks.

Hello all, I am in the process of working on a milk stout/or other type beer to help with milk production for breastfeeding wife. I haven't made anything in about a year an a half so this will be my first dive back in. I was looking at Duck Rabbit, Left Hand, and southern tier for...

Ok so this year I decided to try my hand at cider, I went to my local orchard and got 4 gallons of unpasteurized cider. I'm going to hear it up to 185 for 45 min to kill off any wild yeast or anything else that might be there'. I wanted to hit around 9% abv. This is where I could use some help...

I'd love to see how it turns out please let me know

Ok so I did 9 oz. nibs and a vanilla bean in vodka. It came out pretty good but all the chocolate flavor is on the back end. And it's strong, like one of those fancy chocolate bars that have a percentage of cocoa on it. Would say its around 70-80% How do you get the chocolate flavor more...

So any suggestions on amount? Currently I am doing a test I put nibs equivalent to 6,8,10 oz for a 5gal bucket. So it was ruffly 3 gram, 5 grams, 7 grams, in water for a week while the porter is in primary to see how the favors come out. But i was curious if any one has tried more then 8 oz on...

Awesome, thanks for the advise.

I am brewing a chocolate porter. I know a lot of people have strong opinions on using powder or nibs to get the chocolaty taste. i have decided to go with nibs but now I am trying to determine how much to use. I plan on blanching the nibs and then adding them to the secondary for 7 days, but I...

I am brewing a chocolate porter. I know a lot of people have strong opinions on using powder or nibs to get the chocolaty taste. i have decided to go with nibs but now I am trying to determine how much to use. I plan on blanching the nibs and then adding them to the secondary for 7 days, but I...