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Have you read the pieces by Andrew Lavery out of Australia? He malts millet and gets conversion out of them. Pretty detailed PDFs out there detailing his work. I've read them but can't find them on my computer now. Good luck.

hydrometer's are overrated. Mine broke on batch #2. How long are you planning on aging this?

Mead is great. I'm drinking my strawberry-rhubarb mead right now. I've never had brochet but I'm excited to try it. They boil the honey for around 2 hours for a brochet. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/stark-raven-mead-burnt-honey-mead-attempt-163268/ I've read of an IPA mead but I can't find...

Looks good! FYI--you can burn honey. The next mead I make will be a brochet, which IS burnt honey.

Since I don't try (or even pretend) to get any sort of conversion out of my gf grains I'm wondering why I steep them. I usually use grains in my batches. I'll roast them for color and flavor profile, or boil them into a porridge. Then I'll heat the water up and steep them for a certain amount...

The only thing that comes to mind is the extract. I think I'd leave that out or increase the amount. I made a chocolate dunkel with homemade chocolate extract. I forget the quantity now but it was more than 1 tsp, maybe 5oz, but you can't even taste a hint of chocolate in that beer. So I'm not...

any updates on this from anyone who brewed it?

This is awesome feedback, exactly what I needed. Thanks! To address a few points: I will be using whole cinnamon sticks so I will keep those at the 60 minute mark. I will go ahead and use the raisins. Maybe I'll eat those afterward? Nearly all of my beers have been overcarbed. 1 cup of...

The spices (minus the pumpkin pie spice), the pumpkin roasting method and the brown sugar all come from Brooklyn Brew Shop's GF Pumpkin Dubbel. I'm open to suggestions. I'm excited about it because I LOVE fall flavors but I want something that is well balanced with not one of the flavors being...

I am pretty excited about this but before I brew it I wanted feedback. My main concern is the rice syrup solids--I've never used those. Is the amount I'm using enough? Can you brew with only rice syrup solids? 5 Gallon Batch 4lbs sugar baby pumpkin 4lbs rice solids 5 cups light brown sugar...

Okay so this is what I have come up with, We Don't Give A Damn For the Whole State of Michigan, Columbus IPA (I know, I know, long title but I'm a Buckeye and every time I hear, see, read "Columbus" I think of my beloved alma mater). I'm going to go extract only. My best IPAs have been extract...

Great, thanks for the feedback! Maybe I will up the millet--I have found the last time I used it, it helped impart some toasty flavors. Tytanium it sounds like you are recommending I dry hop 1/2 oz one of each, is this correct? I will make sure I do so! Reading Scripture while brewing? Two...

Thank you! This is what I have put together. I'm planning on brewing this in January-February and then drinking it in the spring. 5 Gallon Batch 3lbs millet medium toasted 3lbs oats medium toasted 3.3lbs sorghum syrup 1.8lbs brown rice syrup 1lb D-45 Candi Syrup Hops: 60 min ¼ Oz Vanguard...

Off topic but I haven't heard anything positive about brewing with agave. Do you have anything to share about the vanilla cream ale in your primary? I'm curious about that one.

Growing up, every Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and New Years Eve my mom would make what she called "wassail." She'd put it in the crock pot and we'd drink it all day. It was awesome. Then I had the idea to add yeast. So I need some help. I want to make a 1 gallon batch and then bottle it...

Were the beets mainly used for color since they were only steeped? I'm curious what rice syrup only tastes like; I wasn't pleased with rice/tapioca syrups. Looks good!

So this idea and subsequent thread is pretty awesome: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/twelve-hopostles-154488/ I have no interest whatsoever in duplicating this but someone made the suggestion of combining three of those and making The Transfiguration. I am going to do that because I...

That's awesome Igliashon--next time I'm in SF hopefully I can sample something!

Everything that has been shared I agree with. If you want to use new equipment you can use food grade plastic and therefore not worry about any potential cross contamination. I have the traditional 5 gallon buckets, but I also use water cooler jugs and 1 gallon gatorade cartons (mainly for 1...