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This was the Rochefort 8 clone kit so bit of a different profile from Dragon’s Milk and no whiskey. Color is similar to the inspired brew and taste isnot spot on but you can see the similarity. Taste is good, nice mouthfeel and is not not overwhelmed by the high alcohol content. Just went from...

Seemed to work very well. Pulled the cap from the beer first. Added a sprinkle of yeast to a replacement cap. Capped the beer and turned it upside down. Some showed after two weeks and seemed fully carbonated after 3-4 weeks so very normal progression. The foam does seem to linger a bit...

Will try to find time to pick up some champagne yeast and give it a shot. From what I've read, the beer won't hit its prime until 6 months or so from brewing so I've still got time.

Did not make a starter - just used the liquid yeast. Also racked to secondary which I typically don't do. Unfortunately, a week in the fridge didn't help.

Will try this and report back.

Omega Yeast Belgian Ale R 9% abv according to Northern Brewer (I did not test it)

No. Put them in the fridge for about an hour before opening.

Brewed a Belgian kit from Northern Brewer in November and bottles in December. For the first time, I've got a batch that just didn't carbonate. Not sure if the temperature in the basement was too low or what the issue was. It had all the normal behavior during fermentation is boozy and coming...

We have vodka but not flavored vodka. Is that something where you can add vanilla extract or does it need to be the "vanilla" flavored official bottle? @eadavis80

Yes - I put the starsan/water mix in the airlock. I did finally see some slow bubbling last night which I take as a good sign. Trying to tighten the bigmouth bubbler lid moves the starsan in the airlock which I took to be a sign that there is some level of pressure seal with the lid...

Thanks very much for the feedback guys! Murphy's law played out and of course I saw my first bubbling in the airlock last night (albeit very slow bubbling). This will be the first time I have ever done a secondary but the kit is supposed to get it where the chocolate nibs are added.

Brewed a chocolate stout from Midwest with Northwest Ale Yeast Activator - Wyeast 1332. I popped the smack pack that morning and it blew up like a balloon over the course of the day. Brewed about 6 hours later and dropped the yeast into a plastic big mouth bubbler siphonless carboy. 8 days...

Any recommendations or experiences brewing Midwest's Cow Chocula milk stout? http://www.midwestsupplies.com/cow-chocula-chocolate-milk-stout.html Yeast options are: *Safale S-04 dry yeast *Northwest Ale Yeast Activator WYeast 1332 *White Labs Pacific Ale WL041 (I am buying the kit...

Apologies for the duplicate post. I didn't realize moderator approval would prevent me from seeing the post until it was approved. Sorry for the extra work!

Good read. I haven't made the jump to AG yet, so I will definitely be doing an extract version. From the Elysian article, it sounds like it doesn't matter too much if you add pumpkin during the steeping or boil or both and that the pie/pure distinction is more a matter of taste. As a newbie...