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i Please take your negativity elsewhere RPh_Guy You've contributed nothing to this thread. The reviews from Amazon are 4.5 out of 5. You're an a$$ for posting the most negative comment from the Amazon thread. I'm telling fellow home brewers that for $16 which includes free shipping that...

The answer to that question BrewnWKopperKat depends if you plan on lagering. If "yes" then you'll need a fermentation chamber which could be either a small apartment sized refrigerator, or a meat chest freezer / refrigerator because the lagering process takes place in small incremental step...

I've recently changed my mind about my initial investment in controlling the temperature of my fermenters. Placing a carboy in a bath of water that is controlled by an inexpensive fish tank heater worked for years until I purchased a conical fermenter. There is no way to fit a conical into a...

"Yes" to all of the above positive comments, but don't forget about the positive aspect of not risking an infection or oxidation just to get the latest SG measurement. I simply come home from work, get within Bluetooth range, and log a new row of data into my Google Sheets. I rarely travel for...

Has anyone every asked their local pro brewers how they do their fly sparging? I'm just curious, because even though I typically hit my estimated gravities at the correct pre-boil volumes according to BeerSmith, there always seems to be a lot of sugars left behind in the mashtun, and with a...

Although I am familiar with cold crashing and using gelatin as a fining agent, I would like to experiment with using Polyclar (aka PVPP). The problem is there seems to be a wide variety of answers on the internet forums about how to use Polyclar as a fining agent. Nothing consistent. So...

Hi BierMuncher. After a recent unexpected loss of efficiency I'm glad I found this thread. I have some questions, and was hoping to hear if you've changed anything in your current methods or if you could add more info about your higher than normal sparge water temperature technique . . ...

Hi rwing7486. Yes, I did take a gravity reading after transferring to the secondary and before pitching the vanilla beans and vodka. Here are my notes . . . The estimated FG is 1.023 and the actual SG into the secondary was 1.024. The taste was dry enough to not consider adding...

I tried to preserve and leave your recipe intact as much as possible. I mean that's the whole point of this thread is to come up with the perfect recipe for a S'More Stout. The only changes were: - I could not get the WLP-007 so I went with it's dry yeast equivalent, SafAle English Ale...

Thanks for your response Rob. And whoops . . . I already brewed it yesterday. Oh well. But based upon your advice at least I know from now on how to properly use this ratio in the future. But hopefully all is not lost. I came up with about 5 different combinations by changing the quantity of...

I never really paid much attention to the IBU/SG field. In fact I had removed it from the field selections. But now I see how important it must be when developing a recipe for a potentially overly malty style like a stout that really needs the bittering hops to compensate for the sweetness. I...

Ready . . . Set . . . Go ! Last night I emailed my LHBS the recipe from Rwing7486, and they had everything in stock except for the WLP-007. Uh-Oh ? I'm pretty anal when it comes to having to substitute ingredients when a fellow brewer says to use specific ingredients. Especially when...

AWESOME ! Thx for sharing the latest version of your recipe. As I previously mentioned, I am so glad to be a part of this forum and I appreciate the contributions that brewers post when they think they have come up with the ultimate recipe, but then they brew it only to find out that it...

Thanks meatcleaver for your commercial recommendations of what I should try. But as expected, the 2 great beer distributors in my area told me this weekend that I am way to early for the party. Beers like that won't be coming until the second week of November. But part of your response...

That's good enough for me ! I noticed that towards the end of your different postings on this thread there were a few tweaks here and there. Including the one yesterday about using the WLP007 which according to the poster on the wall behind me is an English Dry Ale Yeast. Can you please...

Apologies to the moderator. When I posted a few days ago and now today, both times when I selected EDIT to edit the post, the forum software created a 2nd posting which is identical to the first posting. The other day I simply changed the content of the first posting to a "." to avoid the...

Hi rwing7486 This is one of the longest and oldest threads regarding how to clone a S'more (either a porter or a stout) but even though there are so many great contributions to the thread it doesn't appear that anyone can honestly say they totally nailed it without any defects in either the...

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Hi All ! There are so many recommendations for a "Winter Warmer". I searched Google and also here on the forum only to find that a "Winter Warmer" is not a very well defined style. Can someone recommend an all-grain recipe that has become an "heirloom" that you have personally brewed...

I wish this thread would go away ! Don't buy a BMB. But if you did that's probably why you are here reading this. Your time away from work to enjoy your hobby of brewing beer is priceless. Don't waste your time with all of the fixes and tricks to get this piece of crap to seal. Some of...