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Cheers to this thread... I just did my first kegging last week, the beer was pouring really slow last night and tasted sweeter than I remembered it, almost like it was unfermented. Read this thread, fiddled with my kegerator, realized I had frozen my keg too! Silly, silly, silly.

Brew her a batch WITH the black patent/roast barley/chocolate malt, and brew yourself a beer without. Those flavors that you don't like are probably the flavors she likes. Another thought is to make a couple beers with those malts in reduced quantities, so you can gradually acclimate your...

It's all just priming sugar, all other things being equal it shouldn't matter whether he adds it to each bottle or to the bottling bucket. However, I would believe it would be easier to maintain consistent carbonation by using the bottling bucket. When you're using such a relatively small...

Also worth considering: The additional alcohol, if from base malt, could throw off the balance of the beer, and turn out nothing like the original stout. I'd guess that rice/corn wouldn't do that, but you might as well just toss in a pound or six of dextrose and call it a day.

I might just make some of that and drink it by itself! That sounds fantastic! And I happen to have about 2lbs of organic raw cocoa nibs sitting around...

After looking over the article, it does seem like a triple partigyle would be very difficult do to. Looks like he has to use twice as much sparge water to get half as much sugar in his second runoff. Best of luck to ya!

So what do you think you're shooting for? 1.030, 1.050, 1.100? I'm gonna have to read that article, very interesting stuff.

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Good info for me too!

Get a Vinator at your local LHBS and use a small amount of starsan solution (like a quart) in it on bottling day. Spray a few bottles, then fill, then repeat.

You can use it until it's milky.

Oh and use your bucket to multi-sanitize, like bottling wand/racking cane/auto-siphon/whatever. Also, I put some in a spray bottle, which is insanely handy for sanitizing on-the-fly.

Read the instructions on the bottle. (/sarcasm) But seriously, use the ratio described on the bottle to guide you. You should clean beforehand with whatever your normal cleaner is, then mix up some starsan solution. If I'm not mistaken, it says it requires 20 seconds of wet contact to...

That's a pretty smart idea there, sir! You could brew an Imperial IPA, partigyle for an IPA, then finish with a session pale. At least, that's how it goes in my head.

Whooo-eee. That sounds DELISH!

Thanks! And you too! And a lighter-alcohol old ale or oatmeal stout might do the trick. More like oatmeal porter. But yeah, cheers!

What did you put in your cover letter and/or resume that you suddenly "found yourself working for a brewery?" If you don't mind my asking. I am currently trying and want to see what other people who are successful have done.

What OG are you shooting for?

Awesome! My info was from second-hand repetition of the Zymurgy clone recipe .

Try a FWH addition. That will give a similar flavor as a 20 min addition, and the IBUs of a 60 min addition. The difference is that the bitterness is much, much smoother bitterness, which would probably fit what you're looking for. Then, use the remaining hops for late additions, like 15-0 min...