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I'm definitely interested. I just started setting up my kegerator!

Thanks for the tip, will the carafa and black prinz still contribute a similar flavor as chocolate malt or are they more used for adjusting color?

Thanks for the reply I was thinking about doing the cold steep just to cut down on any astringency from the dark grains and then adding the cold steeped water to the wort in the last five minutes of the boil. I ferment in glass carboys maybe I'll try the swamp cooler thing with wet T-shirt and...

Hey everyone this is my first American Stout recipe I wrote I'm just looking for tips. I'm a big fan of Sierra Nevada Stout I was looking for something like that and trying to keep it pretty simple. Thanks! American stout recipe Boil 5.5 gal (60 min boil) 5 gallons in fermenter 5 lbs. light...

Ok thanks for the advice. The smaller secondary does make more sense. I'll see if I can get ahold of a 3 gallon carboy. I do usually share a good bit of my beer and if I do bottle half with 22 oz. bottles that's only about 14 bottles. I've already got tons of bottles

I'm getting into kegging and I have to do 2.5 gal kegs due to size limitations in my mini fridge. (I'm looking at the torpedo kegs). I have 2 questions: 1) I'd like to keep doing 5 gallon batches but starting out I'll only have 1 2.5 gallon keg. If I only keg 2.5 gallons at a time and leave...

Great idea! I'm in.