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I brewed an imperial stout a few days ago. It is in the primary fermentation at the moment. I want to add a chocolate flavoring to it. Can I rack it on top of cocoa nibs in a secondary? I appreciate the help guys.

This does look good. I just brewed an India brown ale with .5 coffee added in secondary and it's quite good. How did this turn out for you?

I enjoy brewing weird or not so common brews. I have a few questions about using cinnamon, oak chips and vanilla beans. I want each flavor to be fairly balanced. I am going to brew up five gallons. 1. The cinnamon, I've read using ground cinnamon at flame out or at 10 min or using sticks in the...

Aged on oak or something like that. I haven't had any aged red ales. But I tried dogfish head palo santo which I thought was very good but it was not red. I know I'm failing on my search bar but I know nothing about aging on oak or anything like that.

I was curious if anyone has any suggestions for a recipe for an aged red ale? I'm really curious about this. Thanks for the help guys.

Thanks guys! I think I will try both ways and determine which goes best! Prost!!

What's the best way to dry hop? I'm brewing a black IPA and I'm curious as to the best way to do this?

I'm relatively new to brewing, what step does the coffee come in at? How do you do this? I'm brewing a black IPA next week and wanted to know how to brew it with coffee.

So if I did decide to use the chocolate malt, do I reduce the size of carafa 2 I'm using? I'm still new to brewing so excuse my lack of knowledge.

I can't decide honestly. I want it to be dark but I don't want to just do a regular black ipa. I want to add something different to it. The chocolate malt was gaining my attention. I'll need to read more about it.

I'm using almost a pound of carafa 2 to darken it. I also have caramel 60 and carapils. Have you used the chocolate before?

I am brewing a black ipa this week and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for what I should do to really make this brew amazing. For example using citra hops rather than Amarillo. I would really like to know if adding coffee would be a good idea.