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In my little experience, the milk lactose will drive the final OG higher than expected since the yeast can't really ferment it out. I did just a quick search of the milk stout recipes here, and they all seemed to be in the 1020's somewhere.

I understand the general idea for the protein rest, however, why would you bother with it with the flaked grains only accounting for such a small percentage? I want to say Palmer only recommended this for bills containing over 25%........ Just curious as I'm about to knock out a saison myself...

I'm about to do the same for a big chocolaty stout that I did. It's been in primary for 30 days and on the 2nd and then it will go into a secondary for another 30 days. planning to add an ancho, coffee beans, and cacao nibs to it about 10 days before kegging (probably all soaked in bourbon)...

I to am planning to add some oak (and coffee beans) to a bigger chocolaty stout that I'm doing. Was planning on soaking the chips, coffee beans, and possibly cacao and ancho chilies in Makers for a week or so and then adding everything in a few days before racking off into a keg. I want all...

Thanks for all of the feedback guys!

3711 and bell saison. I don't feel like jacking with some sort of heater at this current point in time, so just going to let it do it's thing, which normally means pitch at 70ish and it free rising and then settling back down to 70. Much cooler if in my brew closet (damn suspended floor...

This will be my next brew with a few little changes... Still trying to decide on yeast.

I'm not apposed to doing that, but am a little worried of potential fire hazards..... :confused:

Out of curiosity, what is the purpose of the .5lbs. of oats in this? Totally not saison season, but I'm jonesing to brew one, and this one seems to be a pretty from grain to glass, which is right up my alley. I may have trouble getting temps over 70-72 unless I use a water bath or something of...

Mine needs some more time on the gas, but it's not bad. Not as chewy as I expected, but still pretty tasty.

I think a cooler will fit the bill nicely, no false bottom for the cooler?

Well guys, my FG is around 1.026-8ish. This is after 21 days of primary around 63*. Taste is green and a touch on the sweet side, but nothing crazy. Go ahead and keg it?

I'm talking false bottom for the MLT. The 150 for the pump is not to much, however the pump gets me away from keeping it simple. I also think I would actually rather have nice kettles instead of converting a sanke.

I have a decent little IC that I can probably work to fit in a 15 gallon kettle. The plan would be to keep my existing 7.5 and buy another kettle. Here's the thing guys, I'm not afraid to spend decent money to get equipment that I won't want to replace in 2 years. I just want to be sure I'm...

Hey HBT'ers, I have successfully produced about 30 gallons of brew now and am ready to step up to AG. I think it would be great to have a full blown single tier brew stand. However, in all reality this does not make since for us at this time. So we are looking for ways to make the process...

You guys ever run into issues of suck back through the airlock when you use BetterBottles? I would think the change in temp would suck the sides of the carboy in pretty good?

I love the Schnider and Son version of this. Anyone consider a little lemon or orange in the secondary as well? I am planning one of these for early spring.

Just finished an extract plus grain steep of this. Mine is a touch different as I added .5oz of Cascade at the 30 minute mark in hopes of having a touch more bitterness (think SN's Porter). Little nervous as I have it in a 6 gallon BB with a normal air lock. My OG came in at 1.073ish. We...

I brewed the AHS extract version some time ago. It is on tap in our keezer right now and it is great. I think I left it in primary to long maybe (30 days) and it lost a few of the great esters that you get from the bottled NB stuff. It's still great though and pretty close. Maybe missing...

Great feedback guys, I'm hitting it with a 50 foot snake this afternoon.