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Brewed this as a 6 gallon all-grain batch just over two weeks ago. I'm looking to split the batch and keep 3 gallons true to the recipe (except i increased the lactose to .75lb instead of .5) and then add: 2 vanilla beans (bourbon soaked, split and scraped)... or 4/5 ounces of "caramel"...

OK... bottled last night. Gravity dropped back down and stabilized to the FG mark it was at before secondary. Taste was great (even un-carbed) but the aroma was amazing. Here's hoping that carbonation brings this baby really to life! Will keep updated.

in another thread there was a guy that this happened to as well (the metallic taste) he said that he reintroduced a brett yeast to it (as an experiment) and it ended up clearing up his issue... weird but worked for him

Yep, threw entire box right in (in a boiled/sterlized mesh muslin bag)... same idea as Ballast Point's Victory at Cereal (which, from their own mouths, is added directly to secondary with no other conditioning of the cereal itself).

Even if I racked from primary to secondary??... aka, lost the vast majority of yeast that was introduced to the brew. Also, would it be smart/wise to cold crash it a couple of hours before racking off to the bottling bucket?

Question for you more experienced than I.... I have 5 gallons going right now of a choc/PB milk stout that is in secondary that I dropped a full box of Reese's Puffs in there for "dry cerealing" (add in some extra PB flavor and bring to life the incredible smell). My question is, how do...

question for you.... I have 5 gallons going right now of my own recipe that is in secondary with a full box of Reese's in there "dry cerealing". My question is, did you bottle??... if so, how much did the sugar from the cereal throw off the amount of priming sugar needed? Last thing I want is...

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Turned out REALLY good... only thing I would change would be to move the 7 minute hop addition to 10 to get it a bit hoppier and then do a double dry hop... one immediately after secondary transfer and then another a week later. Only reason i'd change anything is that I just enjoy hoppy beers...

Yeah, I'll be able to tell more closely after a side-by-side but I can see how that could be the case... but as we all know, our dry hopping is more about aroma than anything else. I'm hoping that the extended flameout/whirlpool addition does the same trick with this beer. As for it being an...

Yep. They just started canning it in July. Distribution stayed in Minnesota for the first month but hit shelves here in Milwaukee the second week in August... spendy at $17-$19 (depending on where you find it) for a 4-pack of pint cans but soooooo good.

I'm kegging my version tomorrow night... here's how I formulated my recipe per Todd's suggestions for a 5.5 gallon batch. 16.5# Golden Promise Mash at 152 1oz Warrior @60 2oz Citra @7 1oz Mosaic @7 2oz Citra - 20 minute whirlpool 1oz Mosaic - 20 minute whirlpool WLP007 - 2 vials (was in a...

I talked to Surly's head brewer, Todd the Axe Man himself, and found out a couple of tidbits about this beer. 1) Yes, 100% Golden Promise malt. 2) They actually use Warrior as a bittering hop at the begging of the boil (i know, it's not listed ANYWHERE that this hop is ever used... but it...