slogger
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Two weeks in primary fermentor and then force carbed it! It is pretty friggin good! I don't know that it will last long enough to mature, it tastes great as is! Definitely buying this again!
Two weeks in primary fermentor and then force carbed it! It is pretty friggin good! I don't know that it will last long enough to mature, it tastes great as is! Definitely buying this again!
Oddly enough, I'm brewing it right now and am doing a mini mash as well. I'm just gonna stick to the directions. Austin home brew knows what they're doing and I've yet to have a bad lot from them. I've also got their double chocolate stout in a primary right now. The best place to start for recipe modifications on one of their kits is on their website.
I hope I like it as much as you did because recipes really don't get any simpler than this one.
KubelkaMonk said:I appreciate the second opinion. I had my eye on the AHS Coffee Malt Stout as my next brew. Where would I find info about recipe modifications on the AHS website. Would it be in the comments left for the individual recipe? -Or- Would I have to e-mail or call AHS for Advise? -Or- Is there another place on the site for this inforamtion? - Thanks.
I'll be moving this to secondary sometime this week. My first brew -- but it at least smells and looks good so far.....
I'll be moving this to secondary sometime this week. My first brew -- but it at least smells and looks good so far.....
but you sure you want to bother transferring to secondary?
I appreciate the second opinion. I had my eye on the AHS Coffee Malt Stout as my next brew. Where would I find info about recipe modifications on the AHS website. Would it be in the comments left for the individual recipe? -Or- Would I have to e-mail or call AHS for Advise? -Or- Is there another place on the site for this inforamtion? - Thanks.
Paulgs3 said:I have two carboys almost done fermenting, one with 1272 and the other with notty. I'm at two weeks now and my yeast is still at Krausen and no where near giving up.
My OG before boil was ~1.045, with my after boil OG at 1.060 with 84%eff... not sure where you all are getting the 1.048 from.. Also BS list the IBU at
52, could be because I did a 10 gal batch tho?
I'm looking forward to this! I wanted greenbelt yeast but that strain doesn't ship well as I've had three slow starts with it. I was too lazy to harvest it...
edit: OOPS! just realized this is in extract forums..... Sorry, had a few.....
rhamilton said:The directions that came with the kit use a secondary but from what I've learned about brewing so far, it is probably optional.
From the kit:
5-7 days in primary
5-7 days in secondary
Best taste 3 weeks in the bottle
Tell you what I you want to keep it primary I'll go secondary with it if you want to take pics and compare. The only benefit is going to be clarity but I already added Irish moss anyway.
Added chilled water after fermentation started or are you talking about before you pitched your yeast?
Before pitching yeast.
cincybrewer said:And if you are really worried about clarity you can use gelatin. I've been using that on my last few brews and they have been crystal clear.
My version is a little too bitter and not enough hop flavor. But that is being picky. Overall it's a very good beer. I also did a full boil and cut the bittering additions in half so I'm not sure how that affected the overall bitterness (I know cutting it in half lowered it) and hop flavor. Still it is a very good beer for the price.
Could be I'm slowing getting drunk off of it combined with feeling bad I bashed it a bit after fermentation, but I have to post and say my AG version is absolutely incredible now.
For $20, this beer is wonderful. I'm back down to my 40F serving temp, carbonation has finally balanced out, both strain of yeast are way different but both are great now.
I have to figure out Notty, sometimes it gets that english alcoholy ale taste (that I dislike), and sometimes it has a great dry taste with emphasis on the malt. Guess I'm gonna have to brew some more to figure out whats going on.
I would have to think my only complaint is I occasionally taste a sweetness I'm attributing to the maltodextrine. I've never used it before, don't know if I would ever use it again, but the head retention is incredible with it. But I'm actually pondering getting another 10gal AG batch.
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