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Thanks. Title fixed to be more accurate. How do I know if a grain needs to be steeped or mashed? Is it just something you learn along the way? [edit] tried to fix the title, couldn't

After reading this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/proposed-style-guidelines-cascadian-dark-ale-161579/ I'm not really sure mine fits. IBUs too low, Mine=39.9 IBU Color too low, Mine=23 SRM Then again I don't know much about guidelines and stuff like that. As long as it tastes good, I can...

Well I did my first ever Extract plus grains on Saturday (2/6) I wanted to have some fun and make an attempt at making my own recipe. So I decided to go with a Black IPA/Cascadian Dark Ale/Imperial Dark Ale/India Black Ale thing. Shared ideas from this...

Welcome from Olympia

Nope :( shut down in 03. Miller says they closed it because it "wasn't profitable" but the true cause it that the city of Tumwater said that their waste-water treatment wasn't good enough. After they completely gutted and rebuilt the waste-water treatment system the city said it still wasn't...

Not too familiar with that Hole song. so after looking up the lyrics my answer would have to be... Most of the High School kids are all the same. That's about it.

Thank you! I was beginning to think I said something really dumb and nobody wanted to talk to me. Tumwater may as well be Olympia, it's like the weakest definition of a suburb ever.

Hi there. I'm a new brewer from Olympia, Wa (Technically Tumwater but who cares) Just bottled my first brew 2 days ago. Easy Amber Ale kit from my Local Homebrew store Health Crafts Looking at the bottles today, I found a cracked one so I got to try it. A little hoppier than I expected for an...