Adam's Apples
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I have booked the day off work on 28th Jan as I decided to have a brew day
I'm gonna be doing an extract and steep recipe. Now, I have steeped crystal before in a couple of previous brews, but made the mistake of steeping the grains in the full quantity of brew water. I received advice on here that suggested steeping in only a portion of the brew water, so not to increase the ph of the water too much or extract tanins from the grain...I think. The previous beer turned out fine, but did have a twang, which may be explained by the technique I used.
I'm gonna be steeping about 2lbs of grain at 150-160f for 30 mins or so. What would you guys recommend for the quantity of water in which to steep the grains? Is there a set rule or formula you can use? I thought maybe 1.5-2 gallons might be ok, but don't know and want the beer to turn out as well as it can.
Cheers guys
I'm gonna be doing an extract and steep recipe. Now, I have steeped crystal before in a couple of previous brews, but made the mistake of steeping the grains in the full quantity of brew water. I received advice on here that suggested steeping in only a portion of the brew water, so not to increase the ph of the water too much or extract tanins from the grain...I think. The previous beer turned out fine, but did have a twang, which may be explained by the technique I used.
I'm gonna be steeping about 2lbs of grain at 150-160f for 30 mins or so. What would you guys recommend for the quantity of water in which to steep the grains? Is there a set rule or formula you can use? I thought maybe 1.5-2 gallons might be ok, but don't know and want the beer to turn out as well as it can.
Cheers guys