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Thanks! I was under the impression that I needed to double or triple the grains for a cold steep, so I just tripled the grains and added midnight wheat to my base stout recipe that I use to play with additives such as molasses, coffee, vanilla, and even a habanero extract I made (1cc was to...

Hi all, I am planning on brewing a milk stout (possibly cinnamon or chai milk stout) after the start of the year. I wanted to cold steep some of the grains, because my last milk stout had more of a roasted flavor than I was shooting for due to all of the dark grains. I wanted to stick the...

Any idea what your plans are for the chai?

Also. Would there be a better stout base to work with? This is the stout I brew when I do additives like cinnamon and Bourbon and such. But maybe for something like tea I would be better with a different recipe.

Hi fellow brewers, I am going to make a Chai milk stout and I wanted to get some ideas from you folks. I am going to use my trusty stout recipe with a few tweaks. First things first - I want to try to cold steep some of (or maybe even all of) the grains. Second - I want to add...

Thanks everyone! I am just going to cold crash it for a few days and see what happens. As far as the Malts maturing - the last time I brewed this bad boy it was supper hoppy for about 1 week and then it started to fade noticeably as it aged. It was still delicious, just not as hoppy as I...

Another note - I wasn't really planning on racking to secondary (just moved and mine broke... i am waiting for the moving company to pay me out of principal) so I don't know what issues would be caused by leaving the beer on the yeast cake for 3 weeks (I usually leave it on for 2 weeks if I...

Hi all, I just revamped my Black IPA (it was great last time, but a bit sweet since it has 9lbs of malt extract in it so I upped the hops pretty drastically). When I brewed it yesterday, the hop bag kinda fell in the pot while I wasn't paying the greatest attention and a portion of the...

That would be interesting but way less fun haha. I'm all about using extracts to enhance a brew (especially when you make your own extract) but I think it would be way more fun to try another route.

Any thoughts?

Hi all, I just brewed a Pumpkin Spice Stout that is currently bottle conditioning right now, but I got another idea. I was sitting with my fiance, and she was drinking this pumpkin spice iced cappuccino from Tim Hortons. I stole a sip and instantly though it would make an interesting...

Thanks for the critiques and ideas! I certainly think those are good ideas. I have never done a beer with pumpkin before, so I was more or less a shot in the dark, but I knew I would get some good pointers here. Questions -you said you would keep the chocolate and 120 out, and also said...

I appreciate your input. That being said, everybody in my family, and most of the people in hers, are beer geeks (and whiskey geeks, but that's a different story...our families have been close forever because our grandfathers made whiskey together). Everybody (minus a few of the crazy aunts...

I should better clarify that the beer is for the wedding reception hahaha not just giving you all random info about my life.

Hi all, My fiance and I have planned a fall wedding for October 2015. I am excited now, but I imagine at some point in September 2015 I will start freaking out. Anyway, I want to brew a pumpkin stout for friends. I want to work on a 5 gallon batch and then eventually get the necessary...

I actually love that name hahaha. And that is all excellent news. I was kinda worried about heat and such when shipping yeast and hops, but I guess they have to get shipped to the hombrew shop.... so it would probably be better if they shipped straight to my house!

I'd disagree with the "a lot of specialty grains" part though. 3 pounds is not a lot. I always use a lot of specialty grains. I just typically use a more balanced blend of hops

Its certainly one to let sit for a while in a cool dark place. I'm well aware of that. I just don't know what the hell to call it haha

Yeah I guess bitter is a better way to describe it than hoppy. The hop selection was certainly less than desirable. I am thinking I should just start ordering online. Anyone have any thoughts on that?

Hi all, A few days ago I went into the homebrew shop in my new town with the intention of picking up the ingredients for my black ale, which is my favorite of all the beers I brew. (I was worried and I was correct in my worries). When I got there nothing was in a fridge (hops and yeast were...