mesathinks
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My wife was helping me with the first couple of batches I have done in a while and while asking questions she was astonished at my replies and at one point gently admonished me for not refreshing my memory better before jumping back in.
I patiently explained that there really are no hard and fast single rules and that brewing has a lot of options at every stage as long as the process ends in drinkable beer. We go for and hope for the best that we can acomplish. She was skeptical to say the least...
An example for me is that I religiously take my reading at the beginning, transfer (just started this process because wife wants a clearer beer and this is one add-on for that) and end b4 bottling. I use a 90 second rule on bubbles in between. This was from a book (Mara) I read in the beginning and his reasons made sense.
Would appreciate input on things you others feel are flexible and things that are not. I'm going to kick it up to all grain in the fall and want to get my routines down pat before. I see the process as very flexible with the exception of santation and temps.
I patiently explained that there really are no hard and fast single rules and that brewing has a lot of options at every stage as long as the process ends in drinkable beer. We go for and hope for the best that we can acomplish. She was skeptical to say the least...
An example for me is that I religiously take my reading at the beginning, transfer (just started this process because wife wants a clearer beer and this is one add-on for that) and end b4 bottling. I use a 90 second rule on bubbles in between. This was from a book (Mara) I read in the beginning and his reasons made sense.
Would appreciate input on things you others feel are flexible and things that are not. I'm going to kick it up to all grain in the fall and want to get my routines down pat before. I see the process as very flexible with the exception of santation and temps.