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Ideas for an Irish stout?

Yea, it sucks but I am sure everyone has these screw ups in the beginning. Beersmith said 19.8ish quarts of water at 168 for 45 min. I felt 45min was odd so i left it mash for 60 min. The recipe then stated to batch sparge with around 4 gallons for 15min which brought me up to around 6gallons...

Well, attempted my brew today... had one disaster after another... I hit my mash temp right on the nose but my pre boil gravity was supposed to be around 1.065 and i only got up to 1.042. I am not sure why this is; I think I may have something set wrong in my beersmith. Even after not hitting...

Ok here goes... i bought the grain yesterday, only cost about 25$ so its not to shabby of a cost. The sweeteners are a little expensive but what the heck, i figured i would give t a try. I took your advise on the 2 vials of the yeast and also added some roast flavor. I think that was a great...

lol, i enjoy making it more then drinking also :) however, that might change if i find a that special recipe. I am a draft beer guy, i pass on bottles and cans at my local pub for a draft any day. something about the way glass and cans make the beer taste, not so much glass as cans. its all...

Quick question, i am thinking of maybe putting some beer in a keg to see if there is a difference in taste. I found these on line... http://www.midwestsupplies.com/mini-keg.html What do you think? good keg? i am looking for some inexpensive, but will do the job. i would say up to 4.5g nothing...

That's a very interesting recipe Gray. I will keep that on the side, I may very well try that one. :)

That sounds like a decent recipe too! I was trying to use my beer smith to put together a recipe but I guess I am still on noob level. Lol, Beer smith offers so much it's a little overwhelming. I think I am going to try your recipe! Sounds just as good as the other I posted.

OK well i was starting to build my own then i stumbled across a recipe online that sounds so good! I think it might be a little over my head and the recipe says its an 8gallon batch at 75% efficient I would like to add some coffee to this list of ingredients also... What you think...

Sorry it took me so long to reply, finials are this week! Lol Umm... To be honest with you i don't know how to describe it. I asked my wife to give me her opinion and she could not either. What is tannin? It don't smell bad, the color is becoming more clear, and its developing a bite to the...

So today was my last day for my bottle conditioning... I opened up a chilled beer and poured it in my favorite frozen mug... I have to say I am displeased with how much this beer has changed over the last 3 weeks. The first week of this beers life after bottling was amazing. Great flavor, no...

Interesting I have been googling a Baltic porter and doing some research on the brewing how to's I think a stupid simple recipe is a good idea for my first one attempt. I am thinking of a small batch incase i need to toss it. It's cooler outside, is using a garage good for keeping a lower...

I think a Baltic Porter is going to be right on point! I am just thinking out loud.. I think a chocolate, carmel or Toffee, and coffee flavor with hint of roast. I want to to start off sweet and but not lack in a coffee flavor. more to come...

WOW! how did you do that? i got the brew smith software... did you use that? i need to review and noodle over your ideas. Your should be a master brewer!

Well my three week bottling time is quickly approaching! :) I have taken some bottle out and tested them over the past few weeks to experiment with how the beer is developing over this time. Week 1 - beer had a great flavor! Carb was decent but not ready, the head was not as thick as I...

Interesting that you use both a refracto and hydrometer. I have a saltwater aquarium and I use a refracto to measure the specific gravity of the water every so often. I am fairly sure it might have the brick scale on one side too. That recipe looks intense! I have never heard of a heavy ale...

So you recommend only using the air lock to prevent the nasties from getting in? Also, is there a better method of getting samples from the fermenter, other then removing the airlock and taking a small sample? I would think this method would give a much large risk of infection.

I bottled this beauty last night! My FG held around 1.008ish giving me a 5.5 - 5.6% abv. The color is amazing and the flavor is off the hook! I can't wait for this... 30day count down has began

Well, you just taught me something then. I have been on travel to Connecticut this past week so I had my wife time the bubbles for me every night. This morning when I got home, I timed the bubbles again and it was at 1 min and 17 sec intervals. Not sure how long it's been sitting at the FG. I...

Nice scale. A good scale is my next investment in this wonderful hobby. I like yours, it's pocket size too! I was going to attemp to wash my yeast this go around but I think I will save that for another go around. Here's a picture of the final product! This one I didn't fill up as close as I...