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• Posted in thread: bavarian hefeweizen recipe and partigyle question on 01-05-2009 at 06:01 PM
  Hey folks,I'm looking to brew a hefeweizen from this recipe and would like some feedback: 5.5
  pounds wheat malt5.5 pounds pilsener malt 0.7 oz Hallertauer Mittelfruh (4.6% AA) for 60
  min.I'm also curi...

• Posted in thread: Cold steep dark grains? on 01-05-2009 at 01:26 PM
  The guy also mentions to squeeze the grains in the hop steeping method. I thought this was
  discouraged because it releases tannins and other unwanted flavors to the beer. Maybe specialty
  grains are th...

• Posted in thread: Anybody ever have luck mashing at 158*? on 10-18-2008 at 04:32 PM
  There is a really good episode on the basic brewing radio podcast on attenuation. Understanding
  Attenuation - German Brewing TechniquesHope that helps :)Cheers

• Posted in thread: boy I really goofed this one up on 08-28-2008 at 11:53 PM
  Well I topped off the batch and went through with the hops schedule. It's now about 24 hours
  later and a healthy krausen has formed. My final gravity reading was 1.054 so I was a bit off
  the target 1....

• Posted in thread: boy I really goofed this one up on 08-27-2008 at 02:28 PM
  I didn't get to the hops schedule yet, so I was thinking of topping off the beer to 6 gallons
  again and starting the boil over and going ahead with the hops schedule. My smack pack has been
  activated ...

• Posted in thread: boy I really goofed this one up on 08-27-2008 at 10:17 AM
  So folks I have a little story to impart. I was moving along fine on my latest batch of beer (a
  winter warming ale) when I moved on to the boil phase. With my trusty turkey fryer roaring, I
  placed my ...