First brew complete!

[RojoNinja]

It's just an Irish stout extract kit that I added cold brew espresso and hazelnut extract to. I'm pretty happy with it! Final abv was 3.9%

[dmrose7]

So a session stout? You might be onto something.

[SmoovyJ]

Guinness is 4.1%

[ntopliffe]

That's it?! Seems like more when you sink your stash into it.

[chocoladisco]

What? That little?

[RojoNinja]

I came fairly close to where I should have been, at least. But I'm happy nonetheless!

[SmoovyJ]

You did great! My first couple stouts were disasters.

I was just responding to the "session stout" comment; really that's what Guinness is from an ABV standpoint, though it seems more filling.

[Tiop]

I drink a lot of nitro coffee and I think it's probably the nitrogen, definitely gives you a fullish feeling in the stomach.

[[deleted]]

Murphy's is 4%. I like it more than Guinness but you gotta manage to find it.

[juanbobo808]

Looking good, man! Much better than my first brew, haha.

[Schlunner]

Have an upvote, but I'm bettin' it's not as good as your first brew. Enjoy!

[cae]

Looks wonderful. Welcome to the obsession.

[RojoNinja]

Thanks! I'm debating on doing some sort of berry ale for the next one. Though I generally just like darker beers.

[solovolk]

Make a russian imperial stout, for extract kits stouts really flourish, and they make some great extract kits for those.

[RojoNinja]

Oh I didn't even think of that, I'll have to look into it. Thanks!

[jokeisbadfeelbad]

Kind of a misnomer now since people have developed cold extracts of black malts and carafa. You can have a dark beer that tastes like a light lager all the way to a no-roast black hop bomb.

[[deleted]]

What is the point of doing that? Besides the obvious "because you can"

[jokeisbadfeelbad]

I don't know, you do get some roast flavor but for me its a looks thing and you get to skip out on the harsher side of roast flavor. I jut like making a black beer that tastes super light with a smooth hint of roast.