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I'm doing an irish coffee milk stout and i am looking for some general feedback. Heres the info, 5 gallon batch, BIAB, 90 min boil. I had a SG of 1.040 before the boil and lactose, after i added the lactose it was 1.048. I had ~8gallons for the boil, boil went well and ended up with ~5.5gallons...

I was doing an old ale using British Ale II, the yeast was a bit old but i tried building it up to get enough cells. I did a 2.5l starter, let it settle then added it to another 1l starter. I pitched with good areation and fermentation took off quickly but died after 4-5 days. I let it sit for 2...

Came out with 1.044 pre boil and 1.068 original and was only expecting 1.053. I should have cut the boil time down to 60min with that high of pre boil gravity but live and learn. Question is, cut with with sanitized water to drop OG or be happy with a 7% Dunkel? Opinions?

Brewed a Hefe late saturday, finished at 10:30pm, and didnt have my starter quite ready. I left it all day sunday and figured i'd pitch this morning but its already fermenting. The beer smells sour which is definitely bad, but i did santize well. I question if when i cooled my wort outside i...

I way under pitched a Marzen and had slow start for fermentation, actually had to raise them temp to get it to kick off. Its been sitting for about a month since then, just did a 48 hours diacetyl rest, was going to transfer to a secondary today but checked SG first and it was still 1.026...

Anyone mix polyclar in primary then diacetyl rest for 3 days then rack to secondary or should I wait till the end of the secondary before kegging?

I was going to make my first IPA and was going to use a recipe on Beersmith but was wondering about the addition of honey and oak chips in the recipe. Is it best to add the honey during the boil or after? i'm not sure how much honey flavor i would like in an IPA and have read that after the boil...