Sweet - thanks for the read heads-up...but do you mean before I decide what to brew or before I decide IF to brew???
The more you make beer, the easier it gets. I buy recipes and enhance. Last year I made a coffee stout that was so good. Flying fish put out the same product and I thought they stole my recipe.
When I cook food I don’t ever refer to recipes. I know what I want.
Right now I have another coffee stout fermenting, but I found Vanilla corn syrup in Aldi’s and I added that. it’s on its second fermentation. It has been gurgling up a storm.
I plan on aging it a few months. This will get better with time.