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I was researching a Russian Imperial Stout recipe and I came accross a statement that said if you increase your boil time from 60 to 90 mins it will caramalize your sugars more and give a toffee flavor. This is an extract recipe. Any thoughts???

"Finally an inexpensive and easy solution to keeping your homebrewed beer fermentation temperatures in control!" Sounds like my birthday came early!

Thanks for the insight. Really not worth the risks. I appreciate the quick reply. Prost!

I always do a late addition of LME at about 15 minutes left. I usually pour in about a third in the beginning and the rest later. Just a thought here. I was brewing last night and was wondering what the consequences would be if I did a total late addition of extract at 15-20 minutes from...

I would brew as much as you can handle. You will get better hop utililzation with a larger boil.

How many times did you check your final gravity and how long did you have it in the primary? 1.023 sounds high to me. Imperial stouts are BIG beers that require some time to fully ferment out. It possibly could have been stuck and you racked on top of an incomplete fermentation. 4 lbs is a...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f37/how-add-coffee-274446/ Established thread with 31 posts on how to add coffee. Enjoy the reading and i hope your brew turns out yummy. My response is in the posts. I added a bourbon-coffee mixture that turned out very good.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/vanilla-292070/ Check out BrentR's post on beans. :mug:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/vanilla-292070/ BrentR did a wonderful write up on the subject. Check out the link above.:mug:

Count me in as well!!!!!!

More info is needed, but it sounds like residue left over from the bottle cleaning process. Never use any household dish detergents. I might be jumping the gun and assuming that is what occurred. If so, contact you LHB store to get a no rinse cleaner to use before sterilizing.

I kept mine in the primary for almost four weeks at about 69-70 degrees. No secondary needed. I just took it to a home brew meeting and everyone really enjoyed it. Disclaimer... I bottled it in September, so they have bottle aged for over four months. Well worth the wait!

Dude. Put away the bottles and forget about them. A stout will be a lot better after time. Don't waste an once of the dark goodness by drinking it early. That only causes anxiety. My bigger beers (stouts, porters etc) are not touched for three months, at least! The great tastes trumps the...

To add the recipe that I stated about earlier that came out spot on to Fuller's! 7 lbs Light LME 1lb Crystal 60 10 oz Chocolate 6 oz Malto Dextrine 2 oz Fuggles [:60] 1/4 oz Fuggles [:15] WLP002 English Ale Yeast OG-1.059 IBU's - 38 Color - 20.2 Alcohol - 5.91% I am...

I have made a Fullers clone several months ago and will have to retrieve the recipe and post it later. Until then, I have a few questions. A Fuller's porter is dark and robust. Why use irish moss? It is a waste because your beer will not be any where near being a clear or golden beer that...

Just remember the old saying that "the last beer left in your inventory will be your best"! This is because of your bottle conditioning. I just gave away to a friend my last bottle of her favorite Wit that I brewed this past July. Wheat beers are generally pretty good for being so young, but...

I don't mean to highjack the thread, but I have been searching for the right amount of irish moss to use in a 5 gallon batch. Mine is not in tablet form. Teaspoon, tablespoon etc???? Thanks

I don't mean to highjack the thread but I just got back from Northern Tools where I picked up a fountain/pond pump for $9. A lot of people are hooking their immersion chillers to garden hoses, but I am gonna hook mine up to the pump and submerge it in a cooler filled with ice water. It will...

Very true. I mis-typed earlier. I meant to say that you cannot have a good hefeweizen without a good hefeweizen yeast. Dry or liquid does not matter. :rockin:

Sweetening before carbing is a plus :mug:, but I have friends that like it with varying levels of sweetness that it is easiest to throw a pack or two or three of sugar in there. Splenda was readily available and actually dissolves completely really quickly without stirring.