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Did the fermentation look aggressive? If so maybe it's something like the ingredients or mash schedule. If not then agreed the yeast may have lost a lot of viable cells and will have to putz along until done.

Were there other parts of your recipe that might have contributed? I too have only read of failures, never successes, until now. Folks always seem to have said it basically didn't work.

The graham cracker thing is elusive. Most folks try things as mentioned but don't report back. Please do so! Also thanks @DBhomebrew for linking a recipe that pulls it off. I've always hoped to get a bit of that flavor in a stout someday, but haven't really pursued it. I can tell you that the...

Jai Alai? Huh, that beer always blows me away when I have it (roughly a few pints every other year when I make it to Florida, though it is sometimes in cans locally).

Does it stay as fruity? That was always a thing I noticed when I brewed a "clone" vs the real thing - the real thing was far more fruity smelling. I keep upping the temps and I think it helps but am not sure if it's my imagination or not. And of course no more side by side comparisons.

I figured folks who read this thread would like watching this: Veritasium video about the Mars Helicopter

It's kind of funny that this basically summarizes everything homebrew related. Thanks for the insight, especially knowing you must be pretty busy every day with the brewery!

They certainly got interesting when they were put on a fire sale to be sold and gotten rid of. The lack of support would concern me though, parts supply for jobs like brakes or struts, electrical repairs if and when needed. Does this concern you at all?

I know it's anecdotal, but my foamiest beers are always my Pale Ales and British ESB style beers. My least foamy are my stouts and certainly my Imperial Stout. I'd find it pretty hard to believe dark grain alone is the thing that boosts foam. There's more to it, something process related perhaps...

I put mine in after the grains I mash and so it's around 15X degrees F or so. SOme steam but not a ton. I do the whisk thing too. Snip a corner of the bag, pour it in really slowly with one hand, and whisk like crazy with the other.

I've found you can dry hop at almost anytime. I've had a few instances with a gallon or so left in a keg, and put some hops in a bag and chucked them in. Right through the top lid, though with a little bit of purging afterwards. Of course the flavors and smells don't last more than a few days...

First and foremost, awesome! That said, give it a try sometime, make the same recipe with cooler fermentation conditions and see what you think. Even if you have to wait until winter to do it, keep it in mind.

If it smells good and testes good, it is good. And I too doubt it got into the beer itself.

I tend to disagree about 3 for 1.080 / 1.090, I've done 2 and 3 packs both a few times for a 1.1XX Imperial Stout I make twice a year and I'm positive there's no difference in flavor or final gravity. But do agree that I forgot how high an ABV folks take some of these beers and clearly 2 is too...

I won't specifically disagree, but - 6 packets is a LOT of yeast even in 10 gallons. 2 would do the job, 3 for insurance, 4 if you want to go nuts. But 6? Maybe so, but wow.

Water is "pure water" (which can be achieved with either RO or DI methods). Then there are various "salts" and sulfates, chlorides, and more that you hear talked about. The amounts of each (and the ratios resulting) can be pretty important. That's a huge subject itself. If you get a water...

Thanks for the recipe! It'll go on my short list of "what to brew next". Will be interesting to do Columbus again, see if I like it better if I utilize it better. Curious on 165, I'm guessing that's your go-to whirlpool temp? Get the flavor, minimal IBU's. Is that where your other 23 come from?

I avoided both for a long time, but they were decent. Find an article about the props used, and the humongous replica of the boat they made and tilted and such. That's what finally got me interested enough to see it. Or not, because it's fine too haha. But if you're considering it, that may make...

Seems like a really great job on someone's part making this but somehow I just can't really see it happening. You'd have to have one of the actors actually say it is or isn't to know for sure, but I'm leaning no.

There's a Carmudgeon podcast where Jason Cammisa talks about driving the Lucid, and how good it was at saving him from a crash on the track. I don't know if it's worth setting a lot of time aside for but if you're bored check it out. I've also seen Savagegeese interview the CEO, and not that I...