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Thanks guys I appreciate the info!

When doing a BIAB should you stir the grains every 10 - 15min or let them sit and do their thing and maybe stir only once every 30 min or never? Thanks for any info you can give. chris

After reading this months zymurgy magazine article about the gratzer/grodziskie style from Poland I am curious to try it out on my next batch. My problem is I can only do stove top BIAB and top off fermenter with 2 - 2.5 gal of water for 5 gal batch. My question is should I try to 1.) Do...

Thanks everyone for the feedback so far. Based on what folks have said thus far I think the best way is to think about it is what amount of a specialty grain contributes what types of flavors you are looking for. If I have a extract recipe already made that I like then it would be best to just...

Jrems sorry bout that I screwed up the swap on the equipment in beersmith. Thanks wilserbrewer so it should be 12lbs 2row (89%) 1lb crystal 60 (7.4%) .5lb roast barley (3.7%) and not something like 11.5lbs 2 row (85%) 1lb 6oz crystal (10%) 10.9 oz roast (5%) The thing that throws me off is...

So I recently started converting my recipes from extract with specialty grains to all-grain BIAB in BeerSmith. The main question I have about the conversion though is should you keep the grain percentages the same or should you keep the amount in oz/lbs the same for specialty grains and just...

Tried posting this once and didnt show so hopefully it doesnt double post... I know this thread is a little old but I thought some of the information I found this morning might interest some folks. First I found that a study was done in 1940 on the effect of UV light on yeast growth. The...

Brewing up a Dark Mild tomorrow

I know this is an older thread but I thought some of the information I found this morning was quite interesting. First it looks like a study was done in 1940 on the effect of UV light on the growth of yeast cells. You can find the article at...

I recently saw mountmellick light lme for sale and was wondering if anyone had any experience with this brand. Currently looking at doing an irish red and a 80/- and thought it might be a good change from muntons light lme just for something a little different. Thanks for any feedback

I was thinking about making a Northern English Brown using Carabrown for the bulk of the caramel and nutty/toasty flavor and Extra Special Malt from Briess for some toffee and more complex notes but I'm not sure how much to put in to the recipe. I was thinking between .5#(6.6%) and .75#(10%)...