Well here we go, my first time brewing a milk stout and using my cooler mash tun from Adventures in Homebrewing. Super excited! Will post pictures later
Brewing my Left Hand Milk Stout clone today
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Sparging now, good color and conversion
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Well all done and in my Cool Brewing bag, but my OG was off, was supposed to hit 1.064, mine was 1.072....not sure what happened 
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I have always used that airlock with very little problems, I made a rye IPA once and had to change to a blow off tube. But there was zero activity when in left for work today....I even pitched twice the yeast....the London ale yeast I bought was exactly 6 months old and my local brew shop gave me two for one and told me to pitch both.....anyways I will keep everyone updated.Dougie63 said:
I had the same thing happen last week with two batches of IPA. They were both pb/pm biab,same basic recipe save for the hops used. the first one came out OG1.061. The second one came out OG1.074! I chalked it up to greater efficiency,everything else being equal...I'm not sure either,& I def stirred a few minutes after straining the wort into the FV & pouring cold top off water from a height. IDK man...
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unionrdr said:I had the same thing happen last week with two batches of IPA. They were both pb/pm biab,same basic recipe save for the hops used. the first one came out OG1.061. The second one came out OG1.074! I chalked it up to greater efficiency,everything else being equal...I'm not sure either,& I def stirred a few minutes after straining the wort into the FV & pouring cold top off water from a height. IDK man...
I am hoping that it doesn't have a strong alcohol bite or overly ester (banana) flavor.
Well,since we weren't that far off gravity-wise,I don't think hot alcohol flavors will be an issue. It got hot again here,so mine with rehydrated US-05 might have some esters. But I did get the temp down to 68F or so by the time initial fermentation finished in a day. Gunna give it some clean up time before bottling for 4 weeks,which will help even further in this regard. but the first batch was past initial fermentation before the heat came & went. So it'll be fine. It's just the 2nd higher gravity one where I'm taking the "wait & see" path. It's got to be higher eficiency...same amounts of grains,demerara sugar & DME in the recipe. I Even used the same crush set up on the rollers in the grain mill. Idk?...
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unionrdr said:
I am thinking it's my new igloo mash tun and sparge tank, it is much more efficient than my old cooler, I think my temps stayed right on target. I also soaked in mash tun for 90 min and boiled for 90 min
That could well be it. Kinda like wrappin my BK/MT tighter in my coat than before,thus trapping the air so it'd warm up from the kettle to maintain temps better. But I mashed for 1 hour & boiled an hour. Mash went better & the boil was a bit stronger at the same temp this time. could be a combination of things all contributing to higher efficiency.
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Well, when I left for work today there was still zero activity showing in my airlock....It has been over 36 hours...going to take a gravity reading when I get home. I have already posted my issues in the fermentation section so take a look in there if you want. Pics and gravity report to come....
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jhart94949 said:
Well zero change in gravity....holding temp at 64 degrees in my cool-brew bag. Gravity still at 1.071.....WTF!!!!
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jhart94949 said:
Well I pitched a pack of Windsor dry yeast on top tonight, airlock started bubbling within 20 minutes
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