Recent content by alexjames23

Just came here to say I brewed your clone JP, and it came out great. For my first go-around at a homebrewed clone of it, I'm truly impressed by it. Augustiner Oktoberfestbier is my favorite bier in Munich so I'm glad to have found this thread. Don't give up on it!

Took hydrometer reading yesterday, which was 4 days after adding some AE: 1.022! That's an 18 point drop, and still a small krausen + bubbling. Will continue to monitor and report back when ferm is complete. I must say I'm pretty amazed. I won't rely on it my brews, but certainly a good tool to...

Good advice. I gave the fermenter a good (but gentle) swirl right after putting the AE in. I'll consider swirling it some more but I'm not sure if it's necessary.. I woke up this morning to see the airlock bubbling out the top - bubbling every 5-10 seconds. Amazing! My initial target FG was...

I just made an account here because of this post. Been reading through the thread several times now, and finally bit the bullet. I'm brewing 4.1 gallons of a Golden Milk Stout. Never brewed this (non-BJCP) style before. Closest style to it would be a sweet stout. The recipe for it called for a...