I've made a Coffee Pale Ale, soaking ground coffee in secondary and using only bittering hops. It turned out well, good coffee flavor. I've currently got an Oatmeal Pale Ale going, and I plan on grabbing two gallons of that to experiment with coffee infusion: one gallon will steep with coffee...
I finally decided to finish off my keezer conversion. All I needed was a tap tower. After searching the net, I decided to go with a 5-tap stainless steel tower, sold by kegkits.com(hindsight). Even with a perlick faucet upgrade, it was the cheapest around. I placed my order on 9/13. According to...
Any honey show up in the final tasting, or did most of it blow off in the primary? Also, how'd the clearing go, with the fruit pulp? I'm thinking of doing an apricot soon, but I may just use fresh or frozen apricots in secondary.
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So I just built my MLT and I'm eager to get an all-grain batch started. I don't have a yard though - I'm in an apartment. But I do have a small outdoor patio, off the second floor. It's about 4ftx3.5 ft. Is it safe to use an outdoor burner in this space? (railing is metal, sort of...
And when would you add the lactose for this brew? At bottling time? I've got a Holiday Spice in secondary now, where I used 8 oz of cocoa powder, and have been getting a little bitterness. I figure most will settle out with age, but maybe lactose would be a surer alternative.