[denny]

Good on ya!  I'll let Russell know you brewed it!

[denny]

Here's Russell's reply....

That's pretty close to my recipe, keep it simple. I'd pop a dash of carapils in there to help counteract any head loss from any oil residuals. It does taste way better than it has any right to.

[blair.streit]

Here's Russell's reply....

That's pretty close to my recipe, keep it simple. I'd pop a dash of carapils in there to help counteract any head loss from any oil residuals. It does taste way better than it has any right to.

Cool, thanks for playing go-between Denny! I did notice the issues with head retention, so that's a good idea. I'm gonna try tweaking a few things and if I get around to doing this again I'll let you guys know how it turned out.

[bdawg62]

I also brewed a 2.5 gallon batch of this beer.  3# 2 row and 1.5# of Cool Ranch Doritos with 15IBUs of Cascade and then fermented with 1056.  I skimmed the oil off of the top of the wort prior to boiling and the resulting flavor after carbonation and a couple of weeks of conditioning is nice.  A very good cream ale with just a hint of cool ranch in the aftertaste, no problem drinking a 12oz bottle.  Head retention however is a problem with this one as expected.

Glad to hear I wasn't alone on this one.

[denny]

I also brewed a 2.5 gallon batch of this beer.  3# 2 row and 1.5# of Cool Ranch Doritos with 15IBUs of Cascade and then fermented with 1056.  I skimmed the oil off of the top of the wort prior to boiling and the resulting flavor after carbonation and a couple of weeks of conditioning is nice.  A very good cream ale with just a hint of cool ranch in the aftertaste, no problem drinking a 12oz bottle.  Head retention however is a problem with this one as expected.

Glad to hear I wasn't alone on this one.

Thank you for the report!