If anyone in the DC area hasn't been to Port City in Alexandria, or DC Brau, in DC, I highly recommend visiting these breweries. Good beer and good people!
Yep, probably food poisoning...it'll likely be tough to drink the same beer again after having it come back up so violently, but I doubt that was the cause.
Good luck! :mug:
Good luck Dichotomus! Definitely interested in hearing how this turns out...very interesting brew/method...
I've use coffee many times in stouts and I usually brew a fairly strong 10 cup pot of dark roast coffee and dump in the kettle at flame out. That works great for me...plenty of coffee...
Just built this last week...bought a 7.2 cu ft freezer from Lowes and converted it. :ban: Had to reinforce the lid with a block of wood (1" X 12" X 12"). Managed to slide it in between the insulation and sheet metal.
Yep, just steep the chocolate malt. I would probably add a little extract and boil for 15 minutes after the steep to try get the gravity up. The only reason to boil would be for sanitation reasons...
Good luck!:mug: