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Make sure you lager sufficiently. It will continue to improve with age.

I got 75. Not a clue what I was shooting for back then...

Sounds like you mashed a little too high.

Same as for fermenting for many beers. Try growing some dregs from Allagash White. They bottle with a clean ale yeast for their beers that have been aged a long time.

The riddling

So I tried a bottle before riddling and it is delish! Now I'm riddling the rest and will dègorge in a few weeks/months and will post about that adventure. Yooper, thanks gain for posting this one! I'm looking forward to a 5 gallon sparkling batch soon :)

Its delish!

This still for sale?

A higher FG means there is more sugar remaining in the final product. However, your perception of sweetness depends on a variety factors, like your hopping schedule, serving temperature, and any foods/other flavors you have on your palette. If you mash high it will help if you're aiming at...

Nah, you'd be negating the benefits of the oats in your stout. Run it like normal.

Nice looking beer! You're welcome for the recipe, I'm glad you're enjoying it :)

All well, reverse order.

Another pic

Hopefully these are oriented right side up... I forgot to take a picture of it fermenting with the raisins in primary. Once I move on to bottling, riddling and dégorging it should get kinda fun! I will be in uncharted waters in my fermenting experiences.

I just made my first batch of this stuff. I made a 3 gallon batch with the raisens in the primary. I aimed a little low for the OG at 1.080 as I am planning on making this sparkling in time. I will post pictures of my riddling and degorging etc.