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I just cracked open a bottle of my first stout i made back at the beginning of December. It tastes great but the mouth feel is a little light. Its perfectly carbonated but just not creamy. Here is my recipe, any suggestions? 9lbs Dark LME 1lb Roasted Barley 1lb Black patent malt 2oz Fuggle...

No not Jeff C. I have a 3 gal brew pot, so i pre boil 2 gallons and chill in the fridge then add it together in the carboy after using my wort chiller. For adding extract i boil my 3 gal and add the LME at boil.

There is a risk, but i have done this a few times, and i have never had any issues, but i have started making a habit of boiling all my water

I plan on doing a 90min boil, i also talked to a few people thus far and have come up with this 12lb Amber LME 1.5 Crystal Mail 30L .25 Brown Malt 1oz Target at 90m 1oz Target at 60min 1oz Nugget at 30min 1oz Nugget at 5min should be close to 9% Any other suggestions? Also plan to use...

Black Berry Stout This was my first stout. I am very new to brewing but i have written all my own recipes so far, this was my 5th batch all together. Any helpful tips are welcome! 9lb Dark LME 1LB Black Malt 1lb Roasted Barley 2oz Cluster at 60 1oz Cluster at 30 2oz Fuggles at 5...

I need a carboy cleaner to give to my friend who thinks its ok to use his carboy even though it has residue from the last 5 batches caked on the sides and top. "I rinsed it with star san! ITS FINE!"

I came up with this recipe last night, i know virtually nothing about Reds. Any suggestions? 7lb Light LME 2LB Amber LME .5lb brown malt .5lb caramunich 2oz target 90 & 60(B) 2oz nuggett 30(B) 5(F)