made this its tasty not lagered quite as long as it should have been but i was out of beers to tap sooo... i guess i need to acumulate more storage space and brew more often wooot if that's not a great excuse i don't know what is i was in germany in 08 the beers there are awsome but dont...
just did my first all grain a 10 gallon batch with my buddy named it "by the beard of zythos" ipa because i shouted out by the breard of zeus when i found a decent subtitute for simcoe at my hbs fermenting strong after 30 so hours hopefully it goes good started fermenting well after 2 hours hope...
just made my first lager today made a 3 litre starter yesterday supposed to be around 400billion cells according to beer smith but about 60 bill short of required it didnt have much activity while i was awake yesterday or today but there was alot of co2 in it this morning kept swirling it all...
learned lots over the last 3 weeks about wtf dycatel is and how to make a starter and why it is important ( under pitched a batch with liquid yeast last Sunday and over pitched a batch last Monday wont hurt anything btw just a thinner or more estery product) a little about partial mash not...
i have been reading up on this technique my question is if you do a good partial mash do you even need to add part of your dme or lme at the beginning of your boil like a 2 kg -4 partial mash