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Trying to do this with my 10 gallon ss kettle. Right now I'm wishing I had just spent the extra on a finished product. The step drill alone was almost 40 dollars and now I'm having trouble getting a good seal with the spigot. That being said it's a doable project if you have access to the tools...

Alright I'm thinking ballpark. 12 lbs lme 4 lbs dme About 4lbs of specialty grains like chocolate malt, Belgium special roast, special b, and biscuit. Plus maybe a lb of quick oats? 2 oz nugget at 60. 2 oz fuggels at 5. Maybe secondary with some oak, 8 oz bourbon, and vanilla? Maybe cocoa...

I just had my new favorite beer. Evil twin brewing "I love You with my stout". 12% abv Anyone else try it or Have a guess for a recipe? I'm working with extract and specialty grains.

Following. Interested in how the artificial sweeteners taste? I always back sweeten and prime with apple juice and then pasteurize the bottles. Not having to pasteurize would save time.

I'd recommend trying it. I got a bit of yeast or bread hints in early tastings, but now it's adding a mello spice complexity to the honey and wheat beer. Thanks again for the help!

Very happy with this beer. Perfect after mowing or working outside. Nice honey wheat with a slight spice & hop balance. I might add a floral or citrus aroma hop next time. Really surprised at how well the honey malt flavored this.

Very active airlocks today.

Thanks for the reply. Darker I haven't used T58 before. Just thought it might be a good balance to the honey wheat. This yeast seemed to take off right after pitching. Will update with fg and taste results in a month or so. We did use about 2 gallons top off water with each batch. I bet your...

Thanks flars and rodwha! I bag mashed the grains @ 150'F for 45 minutes. Skipped the homegrown hops. Passed on adding honey for now... thinking the honey grain will do enough. Why save one for flameout? Everything smelled great and looked right... So when I took OG readings I read...

Hello, I'm getting ready to brew a double batch of my first made up recipe, and am suddenly thinking I should ask for second opinions... 5 gallon summer wheat beer. 2 cans (6.6) Thomas Coopers Wheat Malt 1/2 lb Gambrinus Honey Malt 1/2 lb Muntons Caramalt 1 oz Magnum Pellet Hops...