Just blew the keg so it's time for a review. It drinks like a porter so next time I will probably mash around 155-158 degrees instead of the recommended 153. The flavor is fine. Had I known it was going to be thin, I could have added lactose and punted for a sweet stout. The thin, non-oily mouthfeel is the only thing I did not like about this stout. I will try it again someday.

However, I had trouble with bottle bombs after bottling. Maybe the extra sugar in kit from the honey caused the issues-I'm not sure but I followed the recipe provided with the kit.

Been brewing going on two years now: This was batch #19, and my first all grain (previous were all extract). Turned out great: Dark smooth malts mixed with creamy sweet, super low hops presence (zero bitter), round mouthfeel. Head was low, but present. Used a single packet of US-04, and got an amazing 90% efficiency out of my new BIAB rig to get close to 7.9% out of it. One of my favorite brews to date.

Tastes great, kind of on the sweet side. I like it. I did a 10-gallon AG batch, mashed at 154. og 1069, fg 1010 (7.6abv). Body is fine. wouldn't recommend lower mash temp unless you want very light body and even higher abv. Wouldn't go higher or it could be too sweet. I have almost no head on the beer. what does form quickly dissipates. Not sure why, it's kegged at good pressure, plenty of fizz. Usually I get too much head/foam, not too little.... Thats What he said??. Anyhow, I would brew again, maybe would try adjusting grain bill to modify head.