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Hi I'm planning to brew an IPA with licorice root powder. I want just a small touch of it. Anyone have experience from licorice root in IPA? How much should I use? BR Staffan

Yes, exactly! Thank you so much for clarifying this! Any suggestion of what I shall call it instead, and I can post a new thread?

Well I use an electric kettle and can start the boil within 3 minutes. After that it will take one hour. During that time I will pasteurize the rest of the DME, using my electric kettle. And I will be from start to finish in 90 minutes If I start a pot with cold water for a full boil it...

Thanks, great read. I do agree, a partial boil will never be the same as a 1 h or 4 h boil. But if I can make a great beer sometimes when there is little time I don"t see the problem. For a hefe weizen where I don't mind haze in my beer and low IBU this would be perfect IMHO Well the way we...

Thanks, great read. I do agree, a partial boil will never be the same as a 1 h or 4 h boil. But if I can make a great beer sometimes when there is little time I don"t see the problem. For a hefe weizen where I don't mind haze in my beer and low IBU this would be perfect IMHO Well the way we...

Syrup is also yummy :) But I will do a small beer in volume, like a starter. The rest of the wort will not be boiled

The rest of the beer will not be boiled. Either stop right after sparging or just do a pasteurization of the DME. I've heard that DMS wont be a problem since I won't raise the temperature enough. Hop extract was news for me, I will read more on this. Sounds interesting, maybe a 20 min boil...

Hi I have an idea to cut brew time, but still try to get the same result as a fulll boil. A partial boil (with either extract or all-grain) where I only boil say 20%. I would use hops in the same way to get bitterness and aroma and then just add the mini-beer to the rest of the beer. With...