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I am set to brew a foreign extra stout tomorrow. The recipe again is from BYO. The recipe calls for steeping the grains in 5.8 qts and based on experience from the other night I know this is not enough h2o to completely submerse the grain bag. The additional 2.0 qts of h2o from the rinse will...

In addition to the crushed barley the grain bill was: 1.0 lb 2-row pale malt 13 oz roasted barley 4 oz chocolate malt Thanks for the informative response.

I am brewing a Dry Stout Guinness clone recipe from BYO. It calls for the following: "Place crushed grains and flaked barley in a large steeping bag. Heat 3.2 qts of water to 161F, lower bag into liquid and steep at 150F for 60 minutes. Rinse grains withe 1.5 qts of water at 170F. Add water...

Ready to bottle tomorrow. Any thoughts on using brown sugar as the priming agent? I think the brown sugar might be a nice compliment. Will 3/4 cup of brown sugar be alright? Should I use light or dark?

Consider it separated!!! Thanks for your insight.

My airlock is showing signs of activity every 10-12 seconds after 4 weeks in the primary. The activity was not as frequent after 1 week in the primary. Two days ago I opened the primary to take a sample for a gravity reading. Did the increase in oxygen from opening the primary cause this...

It has been 18 hours since I pitched my yeast and no airlock activity (I know this is not necessarily a sign that there is no fermentation). I opened the lid and found a good amount of krausen indicating some fermentation. Any reason why there is no airlock activity? I checked the lid and it...

I just brewed a Widmer W-10 Pitch Black Clone. The recipe called for: 1.5 lbs Caramel Malt (10L) 12oz Weyerman Dehusked Carafa II Malt (450L) 10oz Briess Special Roast Malt (50L) I went to my LHBS and gave the employee my list and got the following: 1 lbs Crystal Malt (10L) 1 lbs...

I plan on getting the next reading on Sunday at which time I am hopeful that I can bottle. We'll see. Thanks.

Just took a fg reading of 1.014. The receipe called for 1.012 but that was just for the amber ale and did not include the pumpkin. I assume the addition of the pumpkin will alter the gravity. It's been 25 days since brew day. Given the fg is it ok to bottle? Also, plan on brewing tomorrow...

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Transfer of the wort to the primary was EXTREMELY slow. The trub was about 2.0 qts. Keep this in mind when budgeting time. All in all the brew day has taken 4+ hours.

Thanks. Just had a brew day mishap... while removing wort chiller from sanitizer the hydrometer that was soaking took a ride and fell on the counter and of course busted in pieces. No back-up. Lesson learned...pay more attention and always have a spare on hand!

Forgot two ingredients...brew day brew...

Yummy.

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Pumpkin brew day brew.

A little late in the season to brew a pumpkin ale but did not have the time the last month or so. I have been planning on brewing a pumpkin ale for sometime now so no reason to wait another year. Brewing an extract kit - Amber Ale kit from LHBS and used canned pumpkin. Last night I spent a...

I just split the two beans in half lengthwise so I had four beans and scraped them. After scraping cut into quarters and added enough bourbon to cover them. Looking forward to trying the tasty treat. "Now Apu, Mrs. Simpson claims she forgot she was carrying that bottle of delicious bourbon...