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Has anyone made Jamil's vanilla robust porter? If so, I was wondering how much vanilla extract you added before bottling. Obviously don't want to put too much but definitely want some vanilla flavoring. I already added one vanilla bean during the boil.

IMHO Batch Sparge whenever possible. It's easy and works incredibly well for most beers.

Wyeast Kolsch.

Any point in cold crashing an American wheat beer before kegging?

What about a little liquid smoke? I'm thining about making a Rauhcbier with it. Hey if it works for jerky it must work for beer.

I was looking for some inspiration for my next brew (some sort of Bock), so I picked up a six pack of Shiner Bock. This **** tastes like dark caramel colored fish tank water. Yuck. WTF. Luckily I also picked up a bottle of Paulaner Salvator which was incredible. I think I'll shoot for that instead.

Built the Son of Fermentation Chiller with a thermostat. Works like a charm.

You think beer is safe? Ask your liver. I was talking about a very small amount for flavor. Maybe 2 oz. or so.

What do you want your efficiency to be? You have a nice setup and an obvious understanding of how to brew. If you are hitting 75 to 80 percent which it looks like you should be then you should be fine. You are way ahead of me I'm on 3rd AG but have been really happy with efficiency. Remember...

Keg it and drink it. Its like a BMC with flavor ;)

Think I'll try to duplicate those flavors using molasses candy sugar and vanilla bean. Maybe one gallon batches with different strengths. We'll see thanks for all the input. I'll post results if I ever do it.

Totally agree. After your beer sits for 4 weeks in primary and it secondary it all settles out.

Has anyone ever added pipe tobacco to an AG batch? I'm sure too much would not be that great but maybe just a touch might be wonderful.

I would convert it. You can always use it as a cooler if you have a shut off ball valve.

Brewed my second all grain Friday night after work. It took about 6 hours from firing the kettle to cleaning up. I transferred my first AG (Easy Pale Ale) to Keg (Secondary) and saved the yeast for this new batch. I brewed a 10 gallon CAP or light lager. So half went on to the old yeast (Ale)...

Totally agree.

Yeah didn't fire it there. It was right outside the 3rd car garage when lit.

Yes 1.050. Really good efficiency for the first go around.

Did my first all grain yesterday. It was a pretty successful brew day. Took 5 hours from heating the strike water to cleaning up. I did an incredibly easy pale ale. I really was more interested in the process than producing an excellent beer but hopefully I'll get both. Been brewing extracts and...

Ok. F it. I tried the pasta maker mill thingy tonight and it's not going to do the trick. I'm going by a very small microbrewery (3 guys) Saturday am and have them grind it. In return I'll purchase a few alt beers and IPAs. The LHBS gets the mill in a few weeks so I'll wait for it. Just trying...