What came to mind about a recipe is whether you should follow it verbatim or not. Eventually, it comes down to experience. It doesn't hurt to safeguard the investment of time and money with trusting your intellect about the science of brewing. The Papazian book of brewing (The Homebrewers...
I'm about to embark upon making Cushlomachree Stout even though I first wanted to find out how it got it's name. I would be interested in offering a few of my personal opionions about why your stout failed to head, but I would bet that you know by now. I just now discovered this website and...