You'll notice in my signature, I call myself a brewing Noob.
I decided "hey, this SMaSH stuff is a good idea, I would like to try it". I just happened to have half an ounce of Centennial and Cascade Hops, why don't I make 2 gallons of wort, and split it into two 1 gallon batches. Then I could use a different hop in each, and compare them side by side.
Great idea, right?
So I found a nice recipe using Vienna as the base malt. Head down to the LHBS, and oh no, they are out of Vienna. "What's a good substitute?" I ask.
"The Cara Vienne is pretty close" says my local LHBS employee. (I bet the experienced Home brewers see what's coming). In the LHBS' defense, I didn't tell them my intent.
So here I am, 2 hours later, and I still don't have starch conversion on my mash. I've been thinking it for a bit, and I look it up, sure enough, Carevienne is non-enzymatic.
Hopefully this will keep until tomorrow night, when I can get some grain that has enzymes. Now I'm probably going to have to figure out a recipe that I can use 4 pounds of Caravienne in. Maybe I'll just throw in another 6 pounds of 2 row, and another ounce of hops. Suggestions?
I decided "hey, this SMaSH stuff is a good idea, I would like to try it". I just happened to have half an ounce of Centennial and Cascade Hops, why don't I make 2 gallons of wort, and split it into two 1 gallon batches. Then I could use a different hop in each, and compare them side by side.
Great idea, right?
So I found a nice recipe using Vienna as the base malt. Head down to the LHBS, and oh no, they are out of Vienna. "What's a good substitute?" I ask.
"The Cara Vienne is pretty close" says my local LHBS employee. (I bet the experienced Home brewers see what's coming). In the LHBS' defense, I didn't tell them my intent.
So here I am, 2 hours later, and I still don't have starch conversion on my mash. I've been thinking it for a bit, and I look it up, sure enough, Carevienne is non-enzymatic.
Hopefully this will keep until tomorrow night, when I can get some grain that has enzymes. Now I'm probably going to have to figure out a recipe that I can use 4 pounds of Caravienne in. Maybe I'll just throw in another 6 pounds of 2 row, and another ounce of hops. Suggestions?