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I'm going to do the Mango Kolsch recipe from Northern Brewer over the Fourth. I won't wear my Clown Shoes but we will see how it turns out. Did you ever take the leap?

Did you do it? How did it turn out? I was suggesting cilantro Kolsch to my wife the other day just to see her eyes roll. Yup. Werked.

Honestly I didn't spend a ton of time this round ensuring it was sanitized, but just ran those areas and opener under hot water and tried to be quick about the time the lid of fermenter was off and speed and efficiency in which I poured puree directly into middle of wort without splashing. Was...

Haha, yes indeed, I find that to be most helpful. At least I can say I read the recipe. Yes I kept good notes and followed carefully. I have started splitting my last few batches with intent to get insight into changes and impact while not completely ruining any full batches with any experiment...

I just finished brewing this baby, and bottled it Monday. I split the batch to see the difference and measure that difference of 5G split to 2 2.5G each. Here's the stats: Fermentation temp: Constant 67-68°F OG: 1.046 FG: 1.006 (batch 1) 5.25%abv 1.004 (batch 2) 5.51%abv Batch 1 (AB B1)...

So your experiment was with the residual fats left over after your Oreo stout? With a Clean glass You would see head from commercial pour?

Crazy! Yes fusels is the word. It ended up looking like a thick cake on top for sure with the thin powder I made it into... Interesting. I just uncapped another one of mine tonight oddly enough, hasn't gotten better with age so far...

Please let us know how this turns out

Maybe I just needed to add a TON more!? Interesting. The head in the picture I'm surprised to see with the fats taking it's toll on retention.

Did you end up trying anything here? I just put this in the fermentor lady night, was bubbling away this morning already! Hungry wyeast. Calls for secondary yes, but may be more for clarifying? I'll put mine in as soon as I can. I'm thinking it may mellow out during secondary but I'll take...

Yeah so since I split the batch, I have the other half as the base to compare against. I had 32oz of it last night and it's rather nice and head retention is much different, sets up like a creamy Guinness with a slightly darker color. It's the Northern Brewer Place Coffee kit. I tasted the Mix...

If the Oreos were added during the steep/boil would you think things would have gone differently? The cereal was added during initial steep...

We did a NEIPA with Lucky Charms on saint patrick's day and turned out fantastic, so you never know! Fun to try in moderation right.

Well... It's been 2 weeks in bottle. Honestly hoping it improves with age. The picture without much head below I ended up having vanilla ice cream with, which tasted good and improved overall flavor. Top picture was right after a hard pour, head retention disappears after 30s. Likely some...

Right I was thinking myself that lactose would be a good addition here. How and when would that occur? I had a glass with ice out of the final fermenter before bottling just to see how it was. Sort of reminded me of a thin black russian. If anything it may show me what I should have done, or...

Interesting yes. So the cold crash is to stop any more yeast fermentation right, and then add to flavor after? The .5% extra alc won't we worth it if the taste isn't there and I'm guessing cold crashing would more guarantee the Final Gravity would not change right? It's an experiment anyway...

Started to open a few bottles from the first half of the batch. Not bad, I may infuse the coffee differently next time (did 2oz ground Coffee directly into fermenter with the other 2oz of whole beans left to float). This Oreo infused half batch still has a few more days of bottle conditioning...

Final reading tonight: 1.010. Calling it DONE. Time to bottle condition see how it shapes up.

Yeah so took it last night and will take it again today. I think it's not moving much at this point, and the increase seems marginal. I would call it at 1.012 (1.014 2 weeks ago) assuming it will read the same today marking 4 total weeks in primary fermenter. 6.3% after 4weeks vs 6.03% after 2...

Been two more weeks now (4 total), bubbling continues every 11s, top of fermenter is the thick layer of cake looking oreo powder that was added, bubbling and popping periodically. At this point I'm unsure whether to leave it alone until bubbling stops, or try and intercept things and transfer...