Recent content by The_Bearded_Tracy

Hey I brewed a coffee stout last month and accidentally poured in the coffee grounds which during the vigorous boil shot the grounds into my blow off tube which then clogged. All the CO2 built up and popped my stopper off beer was all over my girlfriends apartment and I was in the dog house...

I was wondering if you guys could walk me through the process of creating a recipe since I am fairly new to this wonderful hobby. I found a couple recipes and kinda just put them together to make a oatmeal coffee stout. I was wondering how to go about creating my own actual recipe.

Good news guys! The beers flavor developed and it tasted just fine and my girlfriend enjoys it!!!It needs a little more coffee flavor for my liking but other than that I'm very content with my first beer recipe that didn't come from a kit. Thanks for all the suggestions and help. Cheers :mug:!

OK I seemed to have confused some people with my lack of knowledge and not wording my question correctly. I apologize I am a beginner at this.... My recipe is as follows. I was a 1 gallon brew. -1 lb Dark Dry Malt -5 oz Pale Ale -1 oz Black Barley - 2 oz Caramel 60 - 1 oz Chocolate Malt -...

I just recently started this fantastic hobby. I tried to make a coffee stout but i'm worried it's ruined..... I let my girlfriend help with the brewing process and she dumped all off the spent grains, hops, and coffee grinds into the fermenter. The fermentation was very aggressive and shot the...