Just finished brewing and realized I used 1 oz magnum hops instead of .35. Is it going to be really bitter or am I safe?
im planning on doing a chocolate milk stout for my 2nd batch would this be a good recipe to add say 4oz of chocolate after primary? of if someone has a goto chocolate milk stout recipe
cheers and thanks
I brewed this last night but adjusted it for 5.5 gal and my 60% efficiency. My LHBS was out of flaked barley, so I subbed it with another lb of flaked oats. My OG came out at 1.074, which is a little high. IBU came out to be 25 which is close. My color came out to be 46.9L which is also close. I can't wait to try it.
Frikkieman said:I'm planning on making this recipe next week. I just wanted to know what you guys think about using S-04 yeast instead of US-05. I saw haygood (page 12 of this thread) said he used S-04 and US-05 with good results. So, any thoughts, anyone else used S-04 with good/bad results. I have a lot of S-04 in the fridge and its an effort to go get US05.
Thanks
Frikkieman said:Thanks for the speedy reply Marauder. I use the Swamp Cooler method to manage the temperatures, soon to be upgrading to Chest freezer / stc-1000 temperature controller setup. I genereally dont have many issues with temp control. Its a bummer about your runaway fermentation though, I've had 1 or two of those. Pitch yeast night before and wake up to find the temp in bucket at 80F. But, meh, its beer, I'll drink it, haha. It was kind of my concern with S-04. It does tend to have an estery profile and coupled with this recipe, already being as sweet as it is with the Lactose, could make the beer too rich and sweet. None the less I'll give it a go with the S-04, I pretty much use it for any recipe that has the word STOUT in it
bottlebomber said:Has anyone had this finish awfully high, like 1.028?
Marauder said:Are you accounting for the lactose? I think a # in 5 gal is like .007 you need to account for, did you do extract or all grain? I've heard of an extract curse of finishing high? Also what yeast strain? If you went 04 instead of 05 I think this could result in a slightly higher finish
This is my first all grain attempt... I just got done with the batch sparge. I hit my numbers except for my second runnings came in a little under 70F
I am onto the boil as we speak... And yes it's 12:30am wtf was I thinking?
Its going to be worth it. I could drink this just as it is. It's fresking delicious. I have high
hopes for this one. It's also going to be the first one in my new fermentation chamber.
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