Azbrew, I've got milk stout fermenting right now. Did you bottle condition the beer? If so how long did it take to get the right carbonation.
I generally find that stouts can be flat-ish but that the left handed milk stout is wonderfully carbed. Probably the nitrogen-top each bottle but...
Dynachrome, initial gravity reading was scrapped due to sample being taken from the trub covered sludgy bottoms. Any suggestions on where to get an accurate gravity reading after a cold break? Top?
The recipe was a clone for left hand brewing's milk stout (only I skipped the irish moss and substituted the lactose sugars for maltodextrin so my owmbo can enjoy it) by Tess and Mark Szamatulski. Their all grain recommendations were for keeping the grain and all water at 151º for 90 minutes...
For a day and a half I've had my first all grain fermenting. First it was with us in the top story condo first day and night and then I moved it to the basement fearing that the warmth was less than ideal for the safale 04 (it was smelling very malty and was high 70s upstairs when I moved it...