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I'll let it go till Saturday. I aerate and I've already switched airlocks just in case. Never been past 18 hours so I'm in new territory here. Thanks for the feedback. I know we get these "no activity" posts all the time.

No activity at 48 hours for my American Stout. Used Wyeast British Ale II 1335. Smacked it, didn't bulge, but I've had that happen before. No starter since it's a 2.5 gallon batch. I know I could get a sample to find out if anything is happening that I'm not seeing, but I'm using a 5 gallon...

The crush. I switched back to Austinhomebrew.com for my grains, and sure enough my last 2 batches were 74% and 75%. I won't be going back to my other LHBS until I get my own mill. Thanks for all the feedback! I really thought I was losing my touch. Life is good when you are hitting...

hahaha yeah I'm telling you, that was my first reaction. I was thinking about it more last night, and now I firmly believe that this was a screw up on Dogfish's part. I think that something went wrong, and instead of dumping it out and taking the loss, they slapped the label on it and...

I'm really a fan of a lot of Dogfish brews, including the Miles Davis tribute ale which I loved, but this was far below average. I'm a HUGE PJ fan. I went out and got a bottle of Faithful, and even had it on tap at a local craft beer store. It is like a smoother Mexican lager. Does that...

Brewed this 8/26. Just cracked one open. My favorite beer to date. Hands down. Thanks a million TimBrewz!!!! This will be on tap year round as soon as I switch to kegging.

I think next time I go, I'll ask them to make sure it's adjusted properly before I crush. I'll post pictures when I do. Thanks for all the feedback! It was getting frustrating to not be able to plan a recipe.

I should have mentioned that I stopped ordering grain from AHB because I wanted to try brewing with the freshest ingredients. My last purchase from them took 15 days to deliver, so I started driving 40 minutes to the closest homebrew store. I'd love to crush my own, but in our small apartment...

Yooper, I ended up with 3.7 gallons and, using leaf instead of pellet for the first time, my volume in the primary is about 2.75. I usually do hit just below 3 gallons in the primary with my loss set at 15% in BeerSmith. I did not take a preboil SG. Should I? Would that be a better way to...

phenry, Thanks for the response. I just went back and checked to make sure that I had purchased my grains from the same place, and the only grains I hit 70 plus % with were from Austinhomebrew. So the grain could potentially be my biggest issue. Also, I have been getting the sparge to 168...

I know there are tons of efficiency threads out there, because I've looked at them all in the past 24 hours. I've adjusted my techniques based on the info given on this site and many others, but I'm still dropping over my last 4 batches! I just don't get it. I'm going to give a walk...

Newgene, As for #3, the 8oz of cocoa in my stout have definitely contributed significant bitterness. I wouldn't say it's overpowering though. I think you'd be safe without the cocoa if you up the chocolate malt and throw a few nibs in the secondary. I can't speak to adding lactose because...

8 oz by weight I threw in one 8 oz carton of hershey's cocoa

Newgene, I'm by no means a brewing veteran, but I can tell you that I just tasted my Chocolate Hazelnut Stout after 3 plus weeks in the bottle, and I can barely detect the 8oz of cocoa powder I put into the boil at 10 min. I let it sit in the primary on the chocolate sludge for 3 weeks before...

Thanks jsullivan. I was going to order these ingredients today, and since you are the only response and it was positive, I'm going with it!

Here's my first attempt at my own brew. I used Promash to help me out, but I'd love some feedback from some of you brewmasters. I'm going for an American Brown Ale. Slight hop aroma and good bitterness balanced with sweet nutty malty flavor. Grains Pale 2-row 2lbs Pale LME...

I know this is from months ago... but how did yours turn out Mahanoy? I'm brewing a chocolate hazelnut oatmeal stout next weekend, and have been curious as to how much of the chocolate to add and when to add it.

AWESOME link. Thanks for the info... I'm off to get my ingredients tomorrow...

Hey all, I'm going to try and brew the extract version of Founder's BS, but I have a few questions for the brew vets. This is what the recipe calls for... 6.6 lbs light liguid unhopped malt extract 1.7 lbs light dry extract 22oz flaked oats 1lb chocolate malt 12oz roasted barley 9oz...

So, Jamil lists all his brews as 6 gallons to account for boil off?