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Hi all, I am planning on brewing a milk stout (possibly cinnamon or chai milk stout) after the start of the year. I wanted to cold steep some of the grains, because my last milk stout had more of a roasted flavor than I was shooting for due to all of the dark grains. I wanted to stick the...

Hi fellow brewers, I am going to make a Chai milk stout and I wanted to get some ideas from you folks. I am going to use my trusty stout recipe with a few tweaks. First things first - I want to try to cold steep some of (or maybe even all of) the grains. Second - I want to add...

Hi all, I just revamped my Black IPA (it was great last time, but a bit sweet since it has 9lbs of malt extract in it so I upped the hops pretty drastically). When I brewed it yesterday, the hop bag kinda fell in the pot while I wasn't paying the greatest attention and a portion of the...

Hi all, I just brewed a Pumpkin Spice Stout that is currently bottle conditioning right now, but I got another idea. I was sitting with my fiance, and she was drinking this pumpkin spice iced cappuccino from Tim Hortons. I stole a sip and instantly though it would make an interesting...

Hi all, My fiance and I have planned a fall wedding for October 2015. I am excited now, but I imagine at some point in September 2015 I will start freaking out. Anyway, I want to brew a pumpkin stout for friends. I want to work on a 5 gallon batch and then eventually get the necessary...

Hi all, A few days ago I went into the homebrew shop in my new town with the intention of picking up the ingredients for my black ale, which is my favorite of all the beers I brew. (I was worried and I was correct in my worries). When I got there nothing was in a fridge (hops and yeast were...

Hi all, I brewed what I intended to be a black IPA, but it came out relatively sweet because of all the Malt (as it aged it got sweeter, it was actually pretty hoppy at the start). Even though it wasn't as hoppy as intended, it was still delicious. I am going to brew it again. I also...

Hey guys, Hope all is well. I am working on my basement brewpub right now, and I have a question about the kegerator I want to build. As of now I have an older full size fridge that works well, and I am thinking I would like to convert it to a kegerator. However, I would also like to build...

Hi all, So I am running into this issue where I drink the yeast sediment at the bottom of the bottle after I pour the beer and the beer tastes wonderfully hoppy. Then I take the first sip out of the glass and it is again wonderfully hoppy. After that it fades a lot. It still tastes good...

Hi everyone, Had a 3 gallon batch that started at 1.103. Hopville estimated it would come down to 1.023. I stirred the **** out of it and pitched 1 pack of nottingham (I know... not enough). It fermented hard for a few days then the airlock stopped. I checked the gravity to see where it...

Hi everyone, Few questions on aging this stout I just brewed. I was tired of stouts that weren't coming out tar thick so I experimented with this one... I just don't know how long I should age it. I made it 3 gallons since its only an experiment. Recipe: 3 Gallon Grains: All Muntons...

Hi everyone, So I wanted to make a tar thick stout and see how it turned out, but I have a few fermentation questions. Here is the recipe and story. 3 gallon batch (wanted to experiment with a smaller batch incase it sucks) Extract: 6lbs light dry malt extract (muntons) Grains: 45...

Hi everyone, I am looking on some opinions for the vanilla coffee stout recipe I drew up today. The recipe is based off of Papazian's Armanian Imperial Stout (It is in the complete joy of home brewing). I made some changes to go for a less bitter beer (changed the hops) and then added so...

Hi everyone. Im brewing my first beer and I'm super excited! I do have a question. I am brewing in my college apartment. I have a closet that has no lights and stays around 70-72 degrees (no a/c but im pretty far north, the window is open all the time in the room, and the fan is on. The room...