wow... your right... i went all a hole on here...
does anyone else on this forum drink beer and have a since of humor... i thought this was a beer forum...
my bad i guess this smiley needs to go away :tank:
sarcasim is all across the internet man... get used to it or get out
i like were you went with the idea of playing with carbonation...
might **** around with that... since i keg also...
but over the last day or so i have been reading up on how to roast my own grains hahahahaha... so i might still just try and roast up some grains over wood and see if that...
nope...
since your making it sound like everything went great... so i couldnt tell ya... but... if you get john palmers book... in the back he has a taste guide that will tell you what the possible problem is
if you are worried but you want a good stout...
my first stout was a stout... but before i even drank i ... i found this recipe
http://morebeer.com/view_product/18423/103528/Jamils_Chocolate_Hazelnut_Porter_-_Extract_Beer_Kit
its a porter... but its the ****... the best ever
im sorry guys...
i figured that would be the best way to prove a point...
its not the sanatizer
i am at gallon number 135 been brewing for a couple of years... and the first thing i hear from people who think they know what the off taste is from a beer is
when in honesty the first...
sell them to me... i want them
or do what i do... keg my beer... but bottle condition a few growlers to travel with
or just sell them to me... NOW hahahaha
seriously though... i want them
unless you are worried about the process in which your beer is going threw... i wouldnt worry about taking more than two readings...
an OG and an FG
i honestly havent taken an OG in my last few beers simply because i can tell by taste of my wart or mash if i am were i need to be...
i kid you not... i thought about that... or even just roasting them a little bit in the oven at 220 degrees...
im thinking roasting my own grains is the only option i have to keep them from contaminating the beer
i guess what i am trying to do... is create the most unfiltered beer i can make... with the most grainiest taste i can get out of it... something that would be more like a broth of a beer... and after reading... and realizing that all i am doing is opening up for more tannins and leaving risk of...
so... what would you suggest doing to wash the grains...
cause that really is my biggest concern... but if i boil the grains im pretty much destened for failure
so... i have been talking to a few beer friends of mine for awhile about making a beer that has grains in the primary fermintation...
the reson for it... was just to see what some of beers tasted like a good century or three ago...
back in those days they used to boil the grains in with...