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909.5+ 6 gallons oatmeal stout 6 gallons IPA =921.5

The bag said base malt. Didn't see any mention of distilling on it.

I'd definitely go with the fuggles. In an Irish stout, I doubt even the most sensitive taste buds would notice a difference.

The finishing hop can affect the end product from a little bit to a lot, depending on how hop forward the beer is. A whirlpool addition of 4 ounces each into two beers with different finishing hops will have a greater difference than the same experiment with 1 ounce each at 20 minutes...

What other hops do you have on hand? Hard to make any suggestions without knowing the recipe.

The OP's direct question was simply to cold crash or not. This had already been answered very well, I registered my vote for no cold crash and added that cold crashing RISKS oxidation, not WILL oxidize. Good thing for the OP the misinformation police are on the job lol! My comment might have...

Wow, ok, it certainly does add to a good existing response by simply pointing out a reason that cold crashing could actually be detrimental in this case. The fact that he could prevent suckback does not infer that he would. Your response is valuable to the OP by nature of another "no cold crash...

no cold crash, you'll just suck air into secondary and risk oxidation on the beer that you've waited for so patiently. remember that the beer is very vulnerable to oxygen right now due to the lack of any active yeast.

I grabbed a bag of proximity base malt locally back in November. I really wanted to like this malt since it was pretty locally sourced, but I have not been happy with it. When I first opened the bag, I noticed a musty smell coming from the grain. I also found many small green seeds in it that do...

I hate to play devil's advocate, and I love the concept, but serving a homebrew beer (even for free) in a competition to attempt to win the opportunity to profit from said beer is awfully thin ice where local and federal law is concerned. We cannot serve beer for any type of personal gain...

Not sure we're on the same page as the OP. You do realize homebrewers cannot sell the beer we brew, right? We simply brew beer for us and our acquaintances to enjoy. No need to gain market traction to do that. As far as what keeps us from going pro? There's no single answer, but my reasoning...

How do samples taste right now? I usually just let stuff ride when it comes to lower FG. Carbonation helps a lot, and 5 points doesn't seem to make a massively perceptible difference. It might also be interesting to chock this one up to learning. Add priming sugar to the full batch and bottle...

Fly sparge is a pita and leads to inconsistency. I have had some success with it, but I can get a consistent 80%+ with a simple batch sparge ( I do recirc the batch sparge to clear wort and heat to 168F). I have found a refractometer very useful to watch the batch sparge gravity to let it recirc...

Can't view the picture, but probably hot break. Either skim it or leave it, no big deal.

Dang, with 8lbs of grain and a final volume of 2 gallons at 1.046, you're looking at 30% efficiency. If you really want to do all grain batches, a simple 5+ gallon kettle and a brew bag will get you going way easier than that method. It's as simple as mash in, wait for conversion, lift grain...

Be advised, that water report is from 2018! Odds are, that is not your current base water at all. Building RO water from scratch is really the only way to know what you have. that being said, my pilsner grain bill (very similar to what you used, with a similar mash thickness) consistently hits...

What's a hybrid mash technique and what efficiency were you trying to get from it?

603+ 5 Belgian Blonde 608 =

Off the top off my head, use lemon zest or peel as a steeping addition. Maybe use golden promise as a base to get a sweeter malt backbone. Alternatively, there is lemon extract that could be dosed after fermentation (very controlled method for adjusting the amount of lemon flavor) I haven't...

An RO system is the best investment after fermentation temp control I've made. I work from a known profile Everytime. Even if you figure this water out, how consistent is your water throughout the year? There's no way of telling without getting frequent reports done. There is a small amount of...