The recipe was 70% Maris Otter so I would think that it would have more than enough diastatic power to convert the starches in the mash despite it being a bit lower enzymatic base-malt.
My primary question was regarding the high usage of Carapils and whether or not that was the most likely...
Single infusion at 153. I came in a little high originally (160's) but added cold water quickly enough to bring it down. New system, working out the temperature kinks.
Greetings and happy Big Brew to you all! Longtime follower but don't post much.
I few weeks ago I brewed an all-grain pale ale recipe reusing some washed Wyeast 1056 (with a starter). After a week in primary the gravity had only dropped to 1.025 from 1.048. I promptly started another jar of...
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Chuck Norris once encountered a grizzly bear in Montana. Chuck showed the bear his fist. The bear then proceeded to eat itself...the less painful...