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Brewed a Baltic Molasses Smoked Porter last Friday evening, first time using this yeast and I made a small starter even though I understand now that it's not necessary. Well, the OG was 1.081 and I pitched at exactly 70*F and it took off within four hours. By the next morning there were bubbles...

I didn't know that, thanks for the info. Glad I added a bit of cocoa now:) She's fermenting like mad not even 20 hours later, trying to keep the ambient down just below 70. The temp sticker shows 73 inside the fermenter. Great smell from the airlock!

Brewed it today. Followed the above recipe but added 8 tbsp of cocoa powder in the last 10 mins with the molasses...smelled great! I also put a little more DME in which resulted in an OG reading of 1.080 at a perfect 70 degrees, so I pitched it. Was surprised how fast fermentation began with a...

Thanks David! Was getting eager for a response as the steep water is already heating:) Yeah, the smoked malt that came with the kit is standard, and I picked up the other .5lb from LHBS as an equal addition so I'm assuming they matched it.

Hello fellow brewers! I'm brewing a Brewer's Best Smoked Porter kit tomorrow and I wanted to turn it into an Baltic Molasses Smoked Porter with some additions. I've never added to a BB kit, so wanted to come to the community to see if everything I'm planning to do makes sense. I've made a yeast...

Sure will uniondr! Thanks again everyone for the tips:)

Thanks for the advice! I'll definitely do that next brew, thought that the malto and grains would provide me with more head retention since I had a problem with that in my first brew. Pretty set on just using just DME and grains for the next one. Seems to pan out lighter and cleaner for folks...

Tis a typo! Thanks for catching it. No sparge, a slight squeeze of the bag and removal prior to boil.

Thanks, have heard of that... Next time I'll be sure to add it late in the boil or split it up.

Indeed. Suppose I forgot to account for the unfermentables when taking SG. Is it true as well that boiling LME can lead to further unfermentables sugars?

Cool, thanks Ogri. I do have a stick on thermometer on my fermenters. After the first few days of more vigorous activity the temp slowly lowered down to ambient. Showed 68 for the rest of primary. One mistake I did make was not checking the fg over the course of a couple days. I just bottled out...

Thanks for getting back. I brought 3 of the 12oz bottles up to the apt to keep an eye on the process; they're wrapped in paper and plastic bags and stowed in a trunk just in case... I added less than usual priming sugar because I wanted a more authentic carbonation for an English Bitter which...

Hey everybody! I'm spankin' new to the forum but have been a lurker for the past couple months; greatly appreciative of the the mounds of info you guys provide to the fledgling home-brewer. You rock. So.. I'm on my second brew. First was a Coopers Dark Ale with the minor improvement of...