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• Posted in thread: NEW craft beer store in Minneapolis- Elevated Beer, Wine & Spirits on 05-07-2013 at 01:42 PM
  Went yesterday and found a few beers i had'nt seen before. selection is great, staff is
  helpful.The name is Elevated. It's next to the grain elevators.I'm glad you had a good
  experience. Don't forget ...

• Posted in thread: NEW craft beer store in Minneapolis- Elevated Beer, Wine & Spirits on 04-29-2013 at 05:23 PM
  Yes we are open! We have been open for almost 6 months now. Stop on by. 4135 Hiawatha.

• Posted in thread: Diagnoising astrigency issue on 02-19-2013 at 09:22 PM
  I would think it came from you pulling some of the material off of the bottom then if you used
  gelatin and cold crashed, although some of it probably would have fallen out while it was
  sitting in the ...

• Posted in thread: Diagnoising astrigency issue on 02-19-2013 at 06:53 PM
  Unless your pH was WAY off, I would look at the hops rather than the grains. Using St. Paul tap
  water with the grain bill should be fine. Unless you shredded the husks to oblivion. There are
  a lot of ...

• Posted in thread: Diagnoising astrigency issue on 02-19-2013 at 05:31 PM
  Just wondering if anyone considered the water? Tap or carbon filtered?At that time, I used St.
  Paul MN tap water (and still use it). From what I've heard, it is pretty good. I treated it
  with campden ...

• Posted in thread: Diagnoising astrigency issue on 02-19-2013 at 05:08 PM
  I would steer clear of looking for the astringency in the mash and grains. I don't think that
  is where your astringency is coming from. I would look at the hops.Really? I did this same
  recipe except i...

• Posted in thread: Diagnoising astrigency issue on 02-19-2013 at 05:06 PM
  A refrac is a useful tool when measuring gravity. Ph usually isn't an issue unless you are
  doing an 100% base malt beer or a beer that uses a lot of dark grains. Bru N Water is a good
  spreadsheet to h...

• Posted in thread: Diagnoising astrigency issue on 02-19-2013 at 05:02 PM
  Based on countless posts in these forums, you are VERY unlikely to oversparge (i.e. run under
  1.010 gravity) when batch sparging. This is much more of a consideration when fly sparging. I
  would exclud...

• Posted in thread: Diagnoising astrigency issue on 02-19-2013 at 04:59 PM
  This is wrong. Hop plant matter also contains astringent tannins and polyphenols. In fact, it
  can be quite harshly bitter at times. OP- do you keg or bottle your beer? I have found in my
  kegs of IPA a...

• Posted in thread: Diagnoising astrigency issue on 02-19-2013 at 04:48 PM
  Union,strike water is the water you add to the mash at the beginning to get your desired mash
  temp. Surley,As for your astringency I am agreed with dubo, although I have heard that you
  should stay abo...