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for bottling I've read you should steep about a half pound of coffee (maybe less for expresso) in 24 oz. of cold water for about a day so as to not extract all the oils that will kill the carbonation/head. would probably be easiest to do if you had a french press.

yeah, i did that on my second batch too, its best to stir it, or all that wort just sits on the bottom.

Well, I'm finding most of my beers are 7% or higher, so im thinking a nice session ale might be a good change of pace... that and I want to use this 4% beer's yeast cake for the old ale or scotch or imperial stout I'm going to do next. I'm looking for it to have a good balance between...

While cubes do have more depth to the flavor, I've found that it takes a lot longer to get the flavor out of them, which is why they're perfect for high gravity brews. But it only planning on leaving your stout in the secondary for a few weeks, chips are probably the way to go. I just...

put it in in the last 15 min of the boil believe... or that might be licorice root. You should probably not listen to me. :) but a little of it goes a long long way, seriously, don't put more then 1-2 and inches in. I put far to much in a porter i did awhile ago, took about 2 1/2 months to...

So I'm always reading stories around here on why to be careful about everything related to brewing (sanitation, gravity, etc....) But has anyone botched anything accidentally or unknowingly and LOVED the result? I got to thinking about this tonight when I was drinking (go figure) So about...

while it doesn't relate to your link at all; a easy/cheap intro to mini-mashing is just buy a large grain bag and add about #2 of 2-row to whatever specialty grains you use and steep it in your kettle for about 60 minutes, keeping the temp in the 150- 160 range. after 60 min, sparge if you feel...

SNIZZLE is where its at :mug:

you can culture delirium tremens yeast too... got a batch of that going right now, the airlock smells delicious!

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alright, could use a teammate for this one before i get stuck with a random... 102363 Doubles Freestyle North America Escalating Unlimited there is 3 spots left, so if you dont want to play with me, you can play against me :p its public, so hurry

does the name of your winter ale even fit on the bottle? :D

everyone freaks out on the first batch but it sounds like everything is going lovely. I'm also going to second bobbys opinion... I'd say give it 2 weeks total in the primary and then bottle it so most everything settles out nicely and doesnt end up in your beer.

I like how minimal it is. If it were me, I'd put a bit of red somewhere on it, just to hint at a Christmasy feel. maybe a lone red ornament ball hanging on a branch?

just need one more taker for this one!

well, even though im nursing my wounds... a few games might be nice.. im down to 1 pub game... and its boooorrring.

if you already have a hole in the lid, take a piece of sanatized cellophane, tape it down tight on 3 side and you'll have a makeshift airlock. I just did this on my last bath, I realized I didnt have any more of the small stoppers when i was trasfering it to the primary fermenter. I...

how much malt is in it? it might just have low ABV... or just well balanced/fermented so you dont notice the alch.

The curious side of me had to try some.... I bottled dubble a few months ago, 1/2 with the O2 caps and the other half with normal ones. So when spring time comes around i'm going to sample them side by side, so uh, if your patient, I'll give you my opinion then :mug:

lol, is that greenspan in your avatar bobby?