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    Heating strike water directly in mash tun

    I have a direct fire mash tun setup and since I have had it I've always just heated the strike water in the mash tun a few degrees higher than what I need (I usually mash around 153) and add grains to the water. My question is that I read a lot about people heating strike water in either their...
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    Good places to buy bulk grains?

    I live up in Rapid City and I'm getting a mill sometime next week, so I'm going to be looking to buying grains in bulk. I know I can order from Midwest or Northern Brewer for ~$51 (shipped) for a 50lb bag of 2-row. Are there any local stores in the Denver area that have cheap bulk grains? I've...
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    Trying to decide next upgrade (plate chiller or mill)

    I'm about to purchase my next Homebrew upgrade and am stuck between a mill or a plate chiller. The plate chiller I'm looking at is the dudadiesel B3-23A 30 plate. I'm still trying to decide on mills. I've been leaning towards the monster mill MM2-2.00 but found a cereal killer at a much better...
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    Heavy Fermenting after 16 days

    I've had a Witbier I made on 20 Sep that's still very actively fermenting 16 days later. Is this OK? The OG was 1.050 and I took a reading yesterday of 1.018. It's sitting right now at about 70 degrees. The yeast was Wyeast Belgian Witbier #3944
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    Opinions on this Wheat Recipe

    I got a recipe for a Weissbier and wanted to modify it. Do you think this would be worth it to try out? Amount Item Type % or IBU 6 lbs 9.6 oz Wheat Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 90.0 % 1 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 10.0 % 0.75 oz Hallertauer [4.80%] (60 min) Hops 9.4 IBU...
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    First batch stuck, weird stuff floating

    I started my first batch of Big River Brown Ale w/ Munton's on Sunday (30 Aug) OG was 1.042. There was activity pretty early on and a good amount of it until it dropped off. I checked on 2 Sep and it was 1.020 and again yesterday with the same reading. Both times I shook it to try to get it...
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