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No sugestions? come on now!

The hops give off a lot of aroma during fermention,Ageing will lesson the flavor as well you should be fine time is the key with this style.Looks like a tasty recipe to me.Good luck! :cross:

Lmao El P! :d

I racked the HP to the secondairy, Sample was not too bad nice chocolate flavor with a hint of coffie.The hops seem less than anticipated :confused: maybe some dry hopping is in order. Any sugestions?

You can COLD pitch your yeast as well,I will se if I can dig up the info on it.

Any one here have any experience making Brandy?

Looks like a tastey recipe,I'll have too brew some. :cool:

My Brother who gave me all my brew stuff(he was in a car accident and shattered his ankle can't lift a full carboy :( ) commented on how good my ale retains the head and seemed envious he brewed for over ten years and never got a batch too retain a good head.I brewed him a batch of amber ale for...

Thanks for the link great read..I primed a porter with DME and got the ring around the top I thought it was infected!Ya learn something new all the time with this hobby..

I have a red beer that I'm proud too say I brewed,I did the dry hop thing in this beer and it has the best head retention of any of my other batches. :D The hop notes are great and its smooth drinkin.With recipe tweakin anybody can brew up some kick ass beer..Thank god for home brewing!!

DME 1.1\4 cup for a 5 gal batch.Thats the only ingredent other than corn suger, I've heard of or used.. :drunk:

Drenger, Glad to read your hpa is coming along.I did move my hp back to the basement just checked it and it still bubbling with around 2" of kraeusen... :cool:

I think your onto something,I started to read the latest issue of BYO and fliping thorugh I see a pice on Russian Imperial Stout and he ferments @68 with Wyeast 1028(London ale) or WLP005(British ale)..At the end of this fermention adds Lager yeast to finish out the beer.Hmm I'm thinkin I am...

:drunk: I"ve had too manny homebrews for all that reading.. :D

My other Local HBS(the one i go to all the time is closed today being Sunday) said too just add Lager yeast after the ale is done doing it thing.. :confused: won't this add some off flavors?? For one Diacetyl? :rolleyes: I got some reading ta do!I will report back. BTW It's bubbling and...

Good deal,Thats on my wish list..

I moved it to the kitchen,We do keep our house on the cool side 68 so i wraped with a blanket.Thanks for your reply.

ferment an ale @ 58 This is The constant temp of my basement.. The Recipe: Hemp Porter 1# chocolate malt 3\4# roasted malt 1\2# crystal malt 60L 1oz hemp @ 60min to go 1\2 cup bakers chocolate @15 min to go 4# LME 1# DME 1oz northern brewer 13% aa Boil 60 min...

Sounds good!It wiil keep you warm on those cold winter nights. :drunk:

The waiting is the hardest part.That's what i voted for.. :cross: