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7.5 gallon turkey fryer is all i've used. No issues yet but I'm awfully new to the hobby

Thanks for the help fellas. Still haven't had a chance to brew just yet but when I do I'm going to push forward and add the extra coffee beans. I'll let you all know how things go Sláinte!

No instructions with my power pack porter kit. Im choosing the add a little more coffee flavor and aroma to the the recipe is all. And yeah I've thought about brewing the coffee normally for sterility purposes but from what I've read cold steeping for 12-24 hours is the way to go. I think I...

I just dry hopped a red red pale ale with 2 oz. of amarillo and I'm not too thrilled with the results. They didn't provide a the hoppy aroma I was seeking and I can hardly taste any rye in the beer anymore. They were pellet hops from Midwest Supplies and are about 9 months old though, so that...

After roasting the beans they will come into contact with other unclean surfaces though such as the coffee grinder. Will dipping the crushed coffee into a starsan solution prior to cold steeping suffice or is that unneccesary?

I've only brewed 2 extract kits and I'm now preparing to brew the Power Pack Porter from Midwest Supplies this week. I bought some organic fair trade Peruvian coffee beans to add to the secondary, problem is these beans are green and unroasted which I need to take care of. From what I understand...

Great so Popcorn maker is the way to go. As far as keeping things clean do you have to clean the popcorn maker with a certain solution at all? How do you ensure the coffee beans are clean prior to grinding them and adding them to the beer?

Also, once roasted I plan to cold steep 4-8oz. for 12 hrs in the secondary. I've never read anything about sterility when adding coffee to the secondary. Any steps need to be taken to make sure the coffee beans aren't going to infect my brew?

How's it going fellas, my first time posting here. I've only brewed 2 extract kits and I'm now preparing to brew the Power Pack Porter from Midwest Supplies this week. I bought some organic fair trade Peruvian coffee beans to add to the secondary, problem is these beans are green and...

EPIC! & EPIC FAIL! Drives me crazy.