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Hey TDirgins, glad you gave the recipe a whirl. Have you tasted the finished product yet? Its funny, I am finishing my Ph.D. thesis and between that and traveling around the country for job interviews I haven't been able to brew in quite a while, and this is the first time I have checked HBT in...

Hello all, So I am planning a brew day for this weekend and looking over my notes I have consistently had lower efficiency on my paler beers (IPA's) whereas my darker beers I usually hit my OG within a point or two. I have also noticed in my IPA's that they seem to lack that bitterness that I...

Put my wort chiller in with 15 min left in the boil this weekend. Turned my head and looked back and my propane burner had melted the outlet line right in half. Melted plastic all over the edge of the burner. Was an easy fix but still a stupid mistake.

HawleyFarms are you looking at the website on a mobile phone or the homebrewtalk app? All of the info you are looking for I put into the original post, but it doesn't show up when looking at the website on a mobile phone or through the app. Try looking at the recipe on a regular computer and...

Yeah I will definately try pureeing them in the future. Thanks for the info! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Seven, what does pureeing the raisins do? Help to release more flavor? That's interesting you say that because the raisins did just kinda plump up back into grapes with the skin in tact. I bet breaking them open would release a lot more flavor and aroma. I will have to try that on the next...

Yeah toasted oats are definately the way to go. This was a five gallon batch. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Forgot to add, a vanilla bean or two would have been really nice too!

This was originally a "kitchen sink" ale of sorts in that I had a bunch of milled malts laying around from previous batches that I needed to use up, and decided to try an oatmeal cookie ale as a kind of holiday season experiment. 9.00# Maris Otter 0.50# Crystal 80 0.25# Crystal 60 0.50#...

Sounds good to me. If your looking for something sweeter I would probably mash around 154-55, and maybe try S-04 instead of Windsor. I did this recently on a porter and it turned out pretty good. I had a bad experience with Windsor once so I tend to go with 04 more often. With the mash temp...

So if I remember correctly the instructions for this kit said to carbonate with maple syrup right? I made the mistake when I brewed this kit of using rather low quality generic brand maple syrup. It didn't carb up very well. When I made their oatmeal cookie stout on the next batch I also carbed...

Thought I would follow up and let you know how this beer turned out. I was very pleased with the malt backbone. I actually think that the sparkling amber DME that I had to add to bring up the gravity worked out really well. I was a little worried about this but it seemed to add just the right...

I have never used munich malt as my only base malt, so not quite sure what to expect from that? Have you (or anyone else here) had success with that? Maybe it's just me, but that seems like a lot of grain to end up at 7% in a 5 gallon batch. I threw your grain bill into BeerSmith and with my...

So I have a bit of grain left over from recent batches that I want to throw together into a nice beer for the upcoming holidays. I was thinking of doing an "oatmeal cookie" brown ale. Here is what I put together so far... 8# Maris Otter 0.5# crystal 80 0.25# crystal 60 0.25# chocolate...

I wonder if this could come down to water chemistry? I haven't got into playing around with water yet. But maybe chlorine or pH could play into degredation of the chocolate compounds? Anyone know the chemical identities that result in chocolate flavor/aroma from cocoa nibs? Is it esters or...

Brewed up a chocolate porter that I added 4oz of vodka soaked cocoa nibs to secondary and let age for about 1 week before bottling. When I was bottling the beer I pulled a glass and had a taste and the chocolate flavor and aroma from the nibs was incredible. I almost worried that I had gona a...

Man I started out brewing just like you! Got the everyday IPA kit from brooklyn brew shop for a x-mas gift from my girlfriend last year. Brewed their 1 gallon maple porter and oatmeal cookie stout, and then immediately went all the way to all grain 5 gallon batches in less than 2 months. I...

I recently did a moose drool clone with Windsor. The beer attenuated very well. However I had an issue controlling temps as it was one of the hotter weeks of the summer. Fermentation took off like a rocket within 12 hours and my swamp cooler struggled to keep the beer cool. Fermented in the mid...

I have an IPA that is going into secondary this weekend. Plan to dry hop for ~7days. Now I recently brewed a Dead Ringer Kit from Northern Brewer and according to the kits instructions I let the beer sit in the secondary for two weeks total, and added dry hop during the last seven days of...

So after reading my last post I realized that I did not really take anyone's suggestions in this particular batch, aside from skipping the crystal 80. Rest assured all of your comments were well received. If this batch doesn't turn out quite the way I was hoping, then I will definitely try...