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I guess the things that then astound me would be that a) these brewer stores (one of which seems quite good) recommend such high levels and b) batches I've made following these recommendations have turned out alright in the past. Now everything is just so much less like a dream and so much more...

"Always listen to her". :) Ok. Thanks. Now, in regards to some over-carbed grolsch bottles, is the finished product savable by gassing off for half a second every couple days?, or is that just too much fuss?

So many places I've read online (including that handy priming calculator) say that to achieve 2.4 I'd want to ad around 140g of dextrose, sometimes less. My fear: There are two homebrew shops where I live. One sells baggies of dextrose with their kits that weighs 250g and is for a 5gal batch...

Adding fruits to primary vs secondary? The berries aren't an enormous flavour the way that raspberries or blueberries are... does yeast have the tendency to decimate the subtleties of berries such as these? Thanks!

Are these herbs in the recipe fresh or dried? I just harvested about 2 oz fresh labrador tea, 2 oz fresh myrica gale berries, and 2 oz fresh yarrow. what's the conversion? Thanks!

Ahhhhhhhhh. Fascinating world, this be. Sounds like some deeper research into different styles of grains for flavours and effects I must do. Thanks!

6.4K = 6.4Kg LME Why would munich do nothing if not mashed? The science of of this escapes me, and my lack of experience. Anyway, the recipe (void) seems not too dissimilar from others that have gotten good reviews, so I'm confused about whether the recipe itself is weak, or my processes had...

Come to think of it, totally different hop profile than the hopville link - can never find Simcoe.

I did, in fact, deviate from the recipe in the following way - My apologies - and I will post my deviations below. 2lb carapils 1lb roasted 1lb munich type ii .5lb chocolate malt 6.4k pale extract 60m boil @60: 1oz columbus @55: 1oz columbus @40: 1oz northern brewer @25: 1oz cascade @10: .5oz...

I brewed http://hopville.com/recipe/737240/russian-imperial-stout-recipes/the-void this beer, using a Wyeast 1056 and a packet of windsor. The OG was 1.095 and after two weeks, it is still at 1.026. The recipe states for a FG of around 1.026. The beer still tastes incredibly sweet, and I'd...