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I've done this kit with half pound smoked malt. Turned out great but next time I will do a whole pound or more for more smoke flavor.

I decided to do both. 1oz of centennial at 1 minute and an ounce of citra dry hop. You can't have too much of a good thing.

I'm brewing up an APA this weekend and was considering using my 1 oz centennial hops after fermentation rather than after the boil. Which is more beneficial?

I've been enjoying my smoked porter the last couple weeks. The gravity never did go below 1.019 but my specialty grains covered up any residual sweetness. It could have been better but turned out great never the less.

I've been using the TAD system for 4 or 5 years and have really enjoyed it. Lately l noticed some off flavors seems gaseous. Is it possible the mr fizz cartridges are the culprit?

The heating pad I think has had an affect. I notice some more pressure in my airlock. The last gravity was at 1.019 so if I can get it down a couple points I'll be happy.

Here is my recipe: GRAINS 1lb Smoked Rauch Malt 1lb English Brown 1lb Crystal 40L 12oz Black Patent 8oz Chocolate MALT EXTRACT 7lb Breiss Extra Light LME 1.5lb Light DME HOPS 1.5oz Cascade 60min 1.0oz Cascade 1min Yeast Safale S-04 I've decided to warm it up with a heating pad and let it sit...

I did use 2lbs of specialty grains including smoked malt that might have kicked up the unfermentables?

I would be happy with 1.015 or below. Everytime i use safale 04 its the same fg. I do like its properties but get better attenuation from coopers yeast which has good english properties also.

I have a porter that I was going to bottle this weekend after 3 weeks in primary but the gravity is 1.019 down from 1.055 safale 04 yeast. Should I go ahead and bottle, transfer to a secondary, or warm it up a bit and let it sit in the primary for another week?

I have a 10 year old sealed pack of dry malto dextrin been sitting in my cupboard. I was thinking about throwing into my ordinary bitter I was brewing this weekend to give it a little more body or should I just toss it?