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Sorry, that was the wrong use of terminology. I steep the grains for 30 minutes at 160*-165*. Maybe I'm steeping too hot as well. I'll try your suggestion for a late edition. Thanks for the advice!

I've been making extract brews and I seem to always end up with an original gravity that's up in the 1.065 range and the colors always seem to be way too dark. I boil my grains for about 30 minutes. Could I be boiling for too long?

I got a little overzealous (I think) and may have added polyclar too early/unneccesarily. I brewed an Apple Ale and an Oktoberfest about a week and a half ago. Today, both were at 1.020 and hadn't moved in a few days so I racked to a secondary and added about 1/4oz of polyclar as per the...

I bought the Metedeconk Summer Brew kit from the Brewer's Apprentice. It makes 5 gallons so it calls for 2.5 gallons to steep the grains and boil the wort. After 30 minutes of steeping the grains, you're supposed to raise the heat to a boil, add the extracts, wait for it to return to a boil, add...