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My CDN has been a beast. It has survived falling in the mash, falling in the boil, soaking in starsan, and most recently going through the wash and dry cycles in my laundry when I forgot it was in my pocket after brewing.

I've done high abv stouts with s05 before and that works out well. My next imperial stout I plan on trying wlp090 though. I just used it on an american barleywine and it worked out great.

The airlock activity you saw might just be co2 that you released from the liquid from stirring or from warming the liquid. It could be fermentation too though. It just isn't a guarantee if anything other than air escaping. I had a beer stall at 1.025 for about 2 weeks earlier thus year and...

I'm not familiar with the sour mix you used, but it might just take longer to get to the sour level you want, especially if you mashed at a low temperature and your initial yeast fermented out those sugars. It might be possible to brew a mouthpuckeringly sour beer and blend it with your...

There was a post last year about what was on your brewing Christmas list. I'd like to revive the thread with a little more structure. (for reference: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/what-your-homebrew-equipment-christmas-list-441986/ ). What would you put on your Christmas list (or...

I've had this happen with a hop bag where it clogged up the output. I used the racking cane to try to fish it out. It didn't work. I did manage to knock it loose though, so I was able to pour beer again that wasn't 90% hop matter. In case you didn't pick up on it, I knew that the output...

Here's a write-up -- http://thesinglehop.wordpress.com/2014/11/09/coffee-pale-stout/

I've used whole beans with great success. I do about 7-8 oz for 24 hours in a bag as I'm cold crashing. Great for flavor and aroma. Doesn't impart any color (I've mostly done this on pale ales). This did not have any significant effect on head retention for me.

Apparently my previous post never made it to the board, so hopefully this doesn't end up double posting. It seems reasonable the the oils from beans could inhibit head retention. I did not run into that case, albeit this is based on a sample size of 1 with no control for comparison. If...

I imagine the oils from the beans could affect head retention. If it did on this beer, it is not significantly noticeable compared to the head retention on beers that I typically brew, but that statement isn't worth much since it is a sample size of 1 with no control for comparison. For what...

I've had great luck with polyclar. I cold crash my fermentation bucket and siphon it into the keg. After that I add rehydrated polyclar, close the keg, purge it with co2 and then do the shake method to get it about 80% carbonated. Then I'll set it in the kegerator at around 10 psi and let...

I've also had good luck with the whole bean method. 7 oz in a hop bag over 24 hours as I cold crashed from 65f to 32f was perfect for flavor and aroma. I was also going for a pale beer, so the approach also added no noticeable color.