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Ok, honestly guys. Nothing wrong with someone pointing out some dishonest business practices of one company, contrasted with honest business practices of another. AB-Inbev are dishonest, period. Why support that kind of thing? They aren't an American company. Whats wrong with trying to support...

I asked the same question back when I switched to all grain and was told hand cranking would suck. I use a standard corona mill (appropriately adjusted for the proper gap) and it is a lot of work to be sure. I sweat every time I do it but I actually enjoy it. I usually do a pound or two per arm...

How late do you add your carafa? Do you mill it more carefully than the other malt? I just finished making a similar recipe and coincidentally I also used exactly .5 lb of carafa and my nose also told me it was probably just a touch too roasty.

I am also looking into this idea. I understand that in my area (Pacific Northwest) there are two major types of oak. Red oak, more common and not suitable, and white oak which is suitable. Is the consensus that they must first be dehydrated and then toasted if desired? Anyone know if...

How did it go? I also emailed James Spencer after watching the all wheat vid asking about the necessity of a decoction/step mash. His only reply was that it is optional. Can anyone tell me what I would gain/lose by this step? Is it just an improvement in clarity if those steps are included...

So, brew day went great. Cereal mash with whole feed store corn only added about 45 min to brew day but was a hell of a mess with splattering corn chunks all over. The bag of corn looked just fine, couldn't detect anything that would deem it unfit for brewing/consumption. Full Krauzen achieved...

lol! My friends would sure disagree. They always ask me to quit trying different styles and make their favorite style again. I'm making a recipe from Gordon Strong's book called "Ben Franklin's ale". It includes spruce tips (which I picked and froze a few months ago and have never used) and...

Thanks Revvy, I kept searching and reading some more. It answered some questions. I'm no expert but I feel pretty comfortable with cereal mashing. Still not sure how crushing whole corn will go. I use a carona mill which works for my barley and think it'll work fine for corn...

I have a similar question myself. I'm thinking about buying bulk corn from a feed store and crushing it myself, then cereal mashing for any recipes that require corn. I've looked at all of the threads here that discuss feed store ingredients but they seem to mainly deal with malting those grains...

Wow, my first post and it seemed to have ruffled some feathers. That certainly wasn't my intention. Just for the sake of clarity regarding my original question, I have read a lot about secondary vs primary and have drawn my own conclusions. It's a deep subject with lots of information and many...

Hey there, new guy here. This one looked great to me too so I gave it a shot. I'm mashing as I type. Quick question; do you think I could trim the fermentation down to 2 weeks? I noticed you let it go for 30 days. How much do you think that would change the final outcome? Thanks for the...