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Good reports all around. This actually came out really well and gets better every week. Only four bottles left now. I did have a problem with the carbonation. I added 3/4 cup bottling sugar to the batch before bottling, but it wasn't enough; the carbonation is thin and doesn't hold well. I...

Great, I've got an electric blanket I'll try. Hope the tasting was as good as it sounds!

Hi William, I did use lactose, and the target FG is from the Clone Brews book. I downloaded beersmith, but have yet to check the numbers.

Thanks Pappers. I used London Ale yeast. Temp in the house is 64-68 degrees. I'll leave it in primary and hope for a little more of a drop.

Hello all, I brewed a Milk Stout a week and a half ago (The Mackeson's XXX in Clone Brews). The Original Gravity was pretty high: 1.064 (The book says 1.058). I thought it might be because I went a little heavy on the fermentables (an extra quarter pound of DME to get the ABV up a bit from...

Hi Sheldon, Thanks for sharing this. I'm thinking of modifying the Traquair House Ale recipe in the Clone Brews book to remove the 3 oz. of peated malt and add 2 oz of roasted barley and 1 oz of Caramel 60 malt. Still researching this; I won't brew this until maybe July, so it'll be ready in...

Would you mind sharing your recipe? I've used MO extract with Northern Brewer's Innkeeper, which is bottle conditioning as we speak.

Sorry to show my ignorance here, but what's MO?

Thanks for the insight, Brewtah. I know there's a lot of debate about the use of Peated Malt in Scotch Ales. Did you use the Peated Malt in the Clone Brews Recipe? I'm thinking of making it without the Peated Malt; maybe using barley and a caramel malt in its place. Thoughts? Also, what...

Here's an extract kit that someone posted on another thread: http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_452_43_246&products_id=11997

Hello all, I wonder if anyone has brewed either the Traquair House Ale or Old Jock recipes (or both) in the Scottish Ale section of the Clone Brews book? Both beers get great ratings on Beer Advocate and Rate Beer. Is one of the recipes preferable to the other? Any insight would be most...

Hi all, New to the forums, and to brewing in general. This thread is great, I'm really impressed and inspired by all the creative stuff people are doing here. Here are a few of my labels; it's a simple layout that allows for subtle variation. I haven't actually put them on any bottles...

Wow, that is an impressive tag. Better than what I see in the stores!

Thank you, this looks great! Great tip on the LME for this type of beer. Most appreciated!

Hi all, I wonder if anyone has a good recipe for a Scottish 80 Shilling Recipe to brew with DME? The only two I know of are in the "Clone Brews" book, and both Belhaven and McEwan's don't get great reviews on any of the major reviewing sites. I'm looking for something with malty...