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Thanks. Yeah I'm just wondering if the low IBUs and only 45 minute mash (is that enough time to extract fermentable sugars?) will make it too sweet. Plus .5 oz fuggles at 3 min will primarily give you hop aroma (do you want that in a porter?). So just wanted to see what the reason was for only...

Question on this recipe if anyone can help. When I enter this into Beersmith it shows way low on IBUs for this style and clocks in at only 7IBUs. Seems really low. With basically only .5 oz of buttering hops at about 4.5 alphas I'm worried about it being too sweet. I want it to be more on the...

Thanks guys! Good info!

Thanks Topher! Good stuff...the dude abides!

Wow thanks everyone! Great stuff. I guess the main question I ha was how long to do room temp before the fridge. I agree that it takes at least three weeks of total conditioning before it tastes good, hitting it's prime anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks depending on the beer. You're right that the...

OK, I'm a new brewer- this is only my second batch- and I tried to do a search on my question, but haven't been successful sifting through the thousands of threads and hoping someone can help. :) I am brewing a coffee stout from a kit and the kit says to bottle at room temps (70 to 75 degrees)...

OK, I'm a new brewer- this is only my second batch- and I tried to do a search on my question, but haven't been successful sifting through the thousands of threads and hoping someone can help. :) I am brewing a coffee stout from a kit and the kit says to bottle at room temps (70 to 75 degrees)...

Good point Union! Thanks! Yeah, I made sure to get that FG stable before I racked it onto the secondary. I think I still want to try it e way others on this read mentioned (keeping it in the primary much longer) just so I can compare. I'm just glad this first batch turned out so good- got lots...

Hey everyone, just wanted to provide an update on my beer and thank everyone for their advice and comments. I read up on this a bit more and started to see that there are really two schools of thought: the older method was to leave it in the primary for a few weeks before transferring to the...

Sounds great...thanks guys! Here's me forgetting it for a while...:)

Thanks Union, I think so. Just so I know I understood you, instead of following the instructions that came with the kit of testing the FG within 3-5 days of yeast pitch and transfer to secondary after the 5 days, I should give it at least a couple weeks, testing the FG at the end it that time...

Thanks everyone, but I have a question about that. You guys mentioned 3-4 weeks (or 2-3) then Union mentioned 3-5 days is all that's needed. Obviously you guys are the experts and I want to glean from your experience! :) but the instructions say this "between 3-5 day fermentation will slow or...

Wow great stuff everyone! Thanks for the info. Being a noobie I wasn't sure what to expect, but it sounds like its good that it fermented so vigorously and that, being the 3rd day of fermentation, it just slowed down a lot and giving it another 2 days before moving it to the carboy is ok to let...

Whys that? I just followed the instructions on the kit... To use all of the malt. Is that bad?

Thanks badbrew. Yeah, the temp on the bucket read 68-70, so hopefully that was ok. I started with a 5 gallon kit that came with 8 pounds of light dry malt extract. Thanks for the tip on the hose. I just used a sterile spatula to remove a very small amount of the foam and the cake around the...