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Yes, I see Austin Homebrew Supply has a pretty good selection of commercial clones and stout kits, including a Left Hand Milk stout clone. I'll probably try a couple of them when the weather cools down a bit. They even had a stout that has a 9%(!) ABV. A few 16 oz bottles of that would certainly...

Thanks for the info. I haven't seen any of those that I can recall, but I'll make a list to keep in my pocket. Liquor stores around my area don't seem to be very imaginative about what they carry in beers--or maybe the beer drinkers in my area aren't very adventurous. I do have decent brewing...

A couple of years ago I ventured away from lighter brews and tried a few of the darker type. As a result, I got hooked on Sam Adams Cream Stout, and buy a case or two when I can find it, but it's almost always hard to find. Can't stand to go back to the thin, flavored-water taste of lighter...

Thanks, Gentlemen, I feel a little better now. Ha. I called the expert at the local HB store this afternoon and got a similar answer, namely don't sweat it. I'll let it go a week or so and then rack it off and see what happens. I tasted the throwaway from the hydrometer tube today and believe it...

* What yeast did you use? I used the default standard "Brewer's Best" dry yeast that was packaged with the kit. * What was the listed attenuation for that yeast? I did not see an attenuation percentage listed in either the instructions or on the yeast package. The brewing parameter...

I'm new at this, have only brewed 6-8 batches so far using extract kits and good old beginner's corn sugar with mixed results, some fairly decent, some pretty cidery. Now I'm trying to move one step up the food chain by doing my first all-malt kit (Brewer's Best American Amber). The OG seemed...