So last weekend I brewed what I thought was going to be a Valentine's Day Chocolate Mint Stout. I spent hours reading about styles and what ingredients would make the best choice for the chocolate and mint flavors.

I bought all the ingredients on Saturday afternoon and started brewing first thing in the morning on Sunday. I'm in the process of converting from extract to all-grain brewing. The thing that is holding me back is that I'm building a Mash Tun out of a big picnic cooler (like the ones that the players use to dump water over the coach's head). So there's a couple of parts that I need to buy before I can finish that.