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@TxBrew I'm in! Lakefront by suckerpunchltd posted Nov 29, 2017 at 9:21 PM

Barrel Aged Imperial Pumpkin Ale

Just seen this, been so busy haven't checked in. Using the Oak smoked wheat was fantastic. This batch had a slightly heavier smoke flavor, but not over the top. It was a bit more potent too because I hit the numbers right on from previous note taking and refining my process. Definitely a...

Just brewed this but didn't want to wait to age the smoked grain so went to nearest LHBS and they were out of smoked pale malt but suggested trying oak smoked wheat malt as that's what they had in stock. (They also made me a killer deal on it so why not?!) So I have 5 gallons fermenting away...

Brewing up another batch of BM's Loon Lake Smoke Porter. Added vanilla last time and is fantastic. Just about ready to boil now. This one will be slightly different as LHBS was out of smoked 2-row so I ended up with oak smoked wheat malt.

Cracked some of these open to celebrate with a friend who's leaving for a spell and I will just say this - one of, if not the, most amazing smoked porters I've ever had, one of the top porters in general I've ever had and I do believe it will become a regular to have on hand in this porter and...

I actually put the grains in a sealed container for nearly 2 weeks - I smoked them on Nov 16 and brewed on Nov 29, so 13 day aging. When I opened up the container they smelled amazing. I cold smoked them much longer than most recommendations I read as well in a Bradley electric smoker - I...

Brewed on Nov 29 in 19 degrees and snow. Hit pre boil of estimated 1.038 and had OG of 1.058. It was damn cold out, but from the brewing I can tell this will be worth it. Actually hit all numbers and only missed volume by about .2 gallon. I could have topped up and hit volume with a lower...

Just did another batch using the grain crushed the same as this batch (coarse) and I recrushed in food processor as that is what I had...just did a few pulses with each hopper full. I hit pre-boil and exceeded post boil gravities. I boiled a bit long by 15 minutes while dealing with unexpected...

Just pitched yeast for a modified version of BierMuncher's Loon Lake Smoked Porter. Smoked my own 2-row with whiskey oak and alder on a cold smoke. Hit over the expected 1.051 and came in at 1.058. This one should be pretty damn good!

I should add I altered the mash and did 154 for 60 minutes.

I did the normal procedure of fly sparging but did it slower than last two batches taking about 60 minutes. Also recrushed the grain since this was part of the last batch that had bad crush. Ended at 1.059 OG after a 1.038 Pre-boil Gravity, 60 minute boil in 15 degrees ended with 5.3 gallons...

I agree it may be a weird recipe to try for only my third. My first was a pumpkin spice brown which was just slightly off the numbers. The second was a simple SMaSH using 2-row and Willamette hops only. Came in way low, but my volumes were way off (partly my fault and mis-reading the brew...

Thanks for the replies. Definitely am going to keep notes as I have on past two batches but inexperience claimed accuracy on previous as I didn't measure volumes as accurate as I should have. Now have measurement Marlins for boil kettle and other places I was missing accuracy and can...