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I have a recipe that calls for 1 lb of corn sugar at flame out. I happen to have 1 lb of pilsen DME lying around, so could I substitute the DME for the corn sugar? I understand that the DME is probably only 80% fermentable, whereas the corn sugar is 100%, but I worry about cidery flavors from...

As a noob, it seems that longer mash times can yield higher efficiencies, say a 90 minute mash. Is there any concern about extracting undesired flavors from the grain when doing a longer mash?

Hey all, I just ordered a Black IPA recipe from Northern Brewer: 11.5 lb Rahr 2-row 0.5 lb Briess Caramel 80L 0.25 lb Weyermann Dehusked Carafa 3 0.25 lb Simpsons Chocolate malt 1 oz Summit (60) 1 oz Simcoe (1%) 1 oz Centennial (10) 1 oz cascade (5) 1 oz Amarillo (0) 1 lb Corn Sugar...

I would like to brew an all-grain belgian tripel, something like an Allagash Tripel clone, and I have a question about which yeast to use. The Allagash Tripel has a very distinct banana note that is reminiscent of a bavarian hefeweiss strain, and that is what I would like to replicate. Do the...

Greetings all! So I will be doing a Dunkelweizen recipe from Northern Brewer for my second all-grain brew. Here's the grain build: 5 lbs. Weyermann Dark Wheat malt 3.5 lbs. German Pilsner malt 1 lbs. German Dark Munich malt 0.5 lbs. Weyermann Caramunich 2 0.25 lbs. Belgian Special B...

Hey all, glad to be a new member on the forum. FYI, I just bought a box of 5/8" SS washers wholesale. So if any of you are building a 10 gallon rubbermaid MT and are having trouble finding the washers, send me a message and I will be more than happy to send one your way via snail mail! See...