Fair Trade Stout

Though it started thunderstorming halfway through, brewing yesterday went surprisingly well. On the agenda was my first stout, kind of a specialty Imperial or Foreign Extra stout, depending on where you want to peg it. 5 gallons of it are healthily chugging away in my closet (the freezer is set for lagering temperatures right now, so I had to settle for a cool, dark place in the house). I'll be adding freshly roasted coffee beans to it in secondary (probably 2 and a half weeks from now), and thoroughly aging it, since it will need it at around 9 percent alcohol. Hopefully it will be prime and drinkable around the end of the year.