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I am making a Oatmeal Stout kit today from Midwest Supplies. I am a little worried about the low bitterness from the fuggles and am thinking about changing to cascade to up it a bit. Thoughts? Oatmeal Stout Recipe specifics: Style: Oatmeal Stout Batch size: 5.0 gal OG: 1.048 FG: 1.012...

Just took a gravity reading of my Helles. 1.02 at 68° which would mean almost 5% abv which is exactly what was expected even though I screwed up the mash. :mug: But the beer is so thick with sediment I am not even sure what the color really is. Going to rack this one into the secondary in a...

Ok, this may make me sound like a moron. But hey, the best way to learn is to make mistakes. I picked upp my ingredients for my Helles but when I got home I started to think I messed up. I bought my munich and vienna malts and the guy crushed them for me. But I am still only doing extracts...

I made an IPA 14 days ago. It has finally settled down enough to rack. I have been seeing a bunch of posts about head space in the secondary. I used my 5 gal carboy as my primary (I wanted to observe the processes) and I only have a 6.5 gal ale pale to use as a secondary. I was planning to...