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That does sound crazy cool! But also like a lot of work...I only put a bit of corn sugar in there, so maybe once it's bottled and stored away for a while it will improve...but probably not. And the flavor is definitely sharp and hoppy. Maybe a bit of that rubber stopper that fell in there. Oh...

Thanks for the encouragement 217, edited OP with additional information. Do you think I could use it in place of water for another beer like that imperial pils someone else made? :D https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/brewing-water-advice-70779/

Rogue Chocolate Stout Original thread here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/brewing-tomorrow-help-recipe-290608/

Can it be saved? I moved it to secondary then thought "might as well top it off," and added quite a bit more water -- maybe half a gallon to a gallon. It's fermented for a couple of weeks since, just tried it today and it was rather watery. Anything I can do to save the thing, or is it lost...

I couldn't get the siphon to work so I just stuck a funnel on top of the carboy and poured it in. Plenty of foam. I added the chocolate extract and a 1/4 cup of corn sugar boiled in some water beforehand on the recommendation of someone at the store because it had been 3 weeks sitting on the...

So I'm planning to rack to secondary tomorrow, but it looks like opinion is divided on whether or not it's necessary -- I don't care if my beer is particularly clear or cloudy, but I do have some bottled chocolate extract that I've been instructed to add to the secondary, so I'm planning on...

Hmm, took your advice and things were fine as far as I could tell. I'll definitely keep that cheap vodka tip in mind for the future though! I'm pretty sure the temp was for the beer, it was based off of a sticker-thing that was stuck to the bucket that my friend gave me and it's been freezing...

The airlock smells like bananas, and that's pleasant. It's been bubbling away at 70-68 the past couple days and is now at a pretty solid 70 degrees. Love watching it burp away! Noticed today that the water is 1/4"-1/2" below the fill line...so should I add more starsan to the airlock? 50/50...

Darn, I knew I should've checked before brewing today! So I went to the store today (oldest homebrew supply store in the U.S., they claim!), and had an employee there take a look at the stuff and sniff it -- he said it looked fine to him, so I went ahead and used it. I couldn't find any search...

Shoot, where'd my response go! Cascade: Got similar responses about using that much Cascade in the brew, but the recipes I've found do call for it, like this one here. Malts/Barley/Mash: It all came mixed together, so hopefully they knew what they were doing...so just gonna steep it all...

Thanks Wig! Could you elaborate more on the cascade and how it might clash with the stout? Keep in mind this is out of some random book in a homebrew supply shop. They mixed all the grains together in one bag, so hopefully it can all just be steeped together. Not 100% sure though. But I don't...

Hello all, I'll be brewing with some friends tomorrow (one a beginner like me, one who's brewed before), but I need help figuring out the rest of this recipe. Also, I have a plastic bucket of LME that was poured from a spigot thing and sealed, then stored at room temp in a dark place since...