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hey guys, as promised! the stout has been on the bottle for about a week. i got impatient and popped one about 5 or 6 days in. and i do mean POPPED. big pop after such a short stand in the bottles. we ended up using a peruvian blend in about 1 L with 4 ounces of coffee. did about 28 hours at...

cool. so no boil required necessarily, and when they say no flavor they mean NO flavor? that sounds too good/easy to be true :) will maybe try a drop or 2 in secondary. will report back, but only if the gentleman i brew with wants to try this too

We have been brewing stouts and the first one turned out brown. does anyone have experience using Sinamar from Wyermann? I am wondering whether i could either add directly, or dilute into a mini Worter with some extract and dilute in that? Any suggestions on making this stout look like a stout?

hey guys, regarding the use of Oats. my pack says to cook for 30 minutes. that means it's raw and needs to be cereal mashed right? for the cereal mash, do you boil the oats and then put both the water and the oats into the mash, or only the oats? any tips?

hey guys. once you have cooked the oats, do you still add the oats AND the water it cooked in to the mash with the rest of the grains? or just the oats?

you're the man Matt! thanks again for some great ideas. We will unfortunately only be brewing two stouts next week and the week after. this is one, the other will be an oatmeal. will let you know what we end up doing with the coffee in any case - but it will be a little while till things get...

thanks Matt - that was a sick reply. and definitely has me re-thinking/considering taking out the ole 1 gallon carboys for this :). you mentioned yours is still young. how long (i know this is a VERY broad questions) do you typically let yours sit? what kind of fermentation steps and bottle...

Thanks a lot guys. I have been reading on the forums for a long time but never felt the need to open an account. Opening one up has been one of the smarter brew related moves in a while! Thanks for being so quick with the responses. So iyo, how many grams would I want to be using? Are we...

Hi Guys, any one have any idea WTF Peace coffee stout porter blend from NB is? I have a recipe here for the beer, and it calls for 4.0 oz of Peace Coffee Stout Porter Blend... I am guessing it has something to do with coffee grounds or beans? how can i replace that with 'natural' ingredients...

thats awesome! for some reason i would not have thought to use this for stability, but rather just to drive temps down when much too hot. might be worth looking into!

back to the drawing board on the tubing. Will let you know how it works out once i get it. Thanks Yooper

trying very hard not to swear right now :) that was just silly of me then. we are about 1.9/2 meters short then. I think i will go for the full 5 Meters and a slightly less carbonated beer for right now. i thought i hd read that the fatter lines are less likely to pull Co2 out of solution so...

excuse the typo- *Teremous

Thanks Termous - that sounds about right to be honest - it's just not "the answer i wanted" :) the second option is what i was thinking as well, but i feel i am looking for a solution that does not exist since my freezer cannot be at 3C and 19C simultaneously... the problem with the latter...

Hi all, we are trying to get a good rhythm going for our brewing month but are having trouble conceptualizing - any ideas on how to go about this or even how to think about this? we are currently fermenting in a 400L chest freezer with a temp. controler on it. the freezer has room for 2 20L...

So i ended up getting 5 Meters of 1/4" lining. do i still use about 10 Feet, or can i shorten the length now?

Sweet! Thanks a lot for the good advice. Will order ten feet I think

ps. Keg is sitting at roughly 37 F (3C), beer line is 3/16" (i think!) and about 3.2' long. desired Co2 volume is about 2.1

Hi all, sorry if this should go somewhere else - i am new to the forum and not sure what protocol is. I have had a keg for a while and finally got a fridge. Like most new keggers, i am having foam trouble. firstly I have a ball lock Corny. For now i just use a picnic tap (little plastic...