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I think if it ends up too sweet, I'll brew a couple quarts of strong coffee and make a coffee stout.

So I overshot my mash temp by 6 degrees and myash was in the upper 150s. What can I expect this to do to the taste and mouthfeel of my beer. I'm brewing stout today.

No particular reason, I use a lot of s04 but have never used nottingham. I was thinking about using some just to try. BUT I really like my ESB with s04

Which yeast forms a tighter yeast cake?

The guy at the pressing place says its 1/10%. Is that a lot? Too much for the yeast to overcome?

Darn, I guess that means no using that to make cider with. :(

Does potassium sorbate oxidize out? The best price on locally pressed cider has it in it.

Camo is one of the worst I've had

My friend's microbrewery makes a REALLY good one. He calls it Wheat Freak. Here is a link if you wanna see. http://2ndshiftbrewing.com/Items.html

Where can I get the larger ones that are food grade?

I'm recycling one of those 1.5 gal miller lite tap-a-draft things. I'll have to take it with me to make sure it fits.

Can I use the co2 Cartridges for pellet guns?

I made something similar to this. I split it into 2 batches, one with S04 and US05. I like S04 much better than US05. I bitterd with chinook and flavored with fuggles. The S04 was creamier tasting than 05. Based on what you have I'd bitter with a half oz of magnum and flavor with 1ozof...

Well, that depends. All hops will have some degredation over time, but you should be safe for about a year.

freezer is your friend