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Another question...does it make sense to add less priming sugar to try to "balance things out", or will is just make for flat beer? Just curious...

Thanks for the quick replies! Its not too sweet, but a bit more than I would prefer...My buddy wanted to try making it into an Espesso Stout by adding some cold-pressed espresso extract to the bottling bucket. Should we just bottle it as-is and see what happens? Try to go the coffee stout route...

Hi guys... Need a little advice...Brewing a 5 gal Irish Stout kit from Midwest Supplies. SG was around 1.045 (range was 1.042 - 1.046, so I was good there). FG is supposed to be 1.010 - 1.012 but after 2 weeks in the fermenter it was only down to 1.021. We called the folks at Midwest and they...

Thanks for the advice! Still not sure what I am going to do for this batch...but I will probably experiment with the plastic "carboys" in the future...Thanks again!

I was kinda leaning towards the glass, but I wasn't sure about the extra room/air causing issues with oxidation. Would just be better off leaving it in the bucket? I could spring for a 5 gallon glass carboy, but I'm not sure how often I would use it. How many of you do a secondary condition? How...

New to the forum (and to brewing) and curious about this post, as I have several Belmont Springs water bottles (7 stamped on the bottom in the recycle symbol). I just brewed up a Dogfish 60 Clone that I picked up from Beer-Wine Hobby on Woburn and it says to dry hop after one week (or when...