Recent content by swampdonkeybrew

yeah, but most people will say wait 'til it's been sitting a month before bottling. your beer will be better for it.

yeah, i thought so too. but i couldn't taste sweetness when i took the final reading so i'm just gonna roll with it.

i did a rochefort 10 clone, og was 1.09 and the recipe called for 1.11, think my boil taking forever to start caused that. pitched white labs trappist ale yeast and let it go, probably stayed at 66-68 ambient temp, but it hit the target og of 1.021 perfect. sure your beer will be fine.

i would just dry hop it like normal, if it's too bitter, you can just send it to me and i will dispose of it in a humane, ethical manner.

nice, actually looks stouty. all my stouts to date have come out looking more like moody browns, but they are still tasty, and that is what matters.

i had my first guinness a few days ago and noticed the new bottle and lack of widget. didn't taste the same to me. maybe i just subconsciously miss the widgets.

here is the recipe i used: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/closest-clone-samuel-smith-oatmeal-stout-55576/ it came out a little sweet, i didn't have a hydrometer back then, but still delicious. also one of my favorite beers. if you dig oatmeal stouts, barney flatts oatmeal stout by anderson...

i'd like to add my vote to the "don't worry about it" party. me and a buddy brewed up a coffee stout, my first partial mash attempt. LHBS was out of nottingham, the owner for some reason recommended... can't remember what right now, but after pitching it, i looked it up and realized it was a...

+1, just drank my first one of these that i really thought, "wow, that tastes like an oatmeal stout."

the door is over there.

thinking about what to brew next, where to store more fermenters, ect ect...

how much higher?

sorry to bring up an old thread but, i have just discovered the answer to this. powerhouse odor neutralizer, chamomile lavender scent. smells almost exactly like brew day. my brother walked in and said "did you just open a double ipa?"