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I just gave a shot to to beersmith... pretty cool stuff. Thanks for the tip!

small detail, there is no DME in this, it's liquid extra pale extract.

The brew is a leffe clone, so a abbey blonde. there is about 2.5 pounds of grain (mostly belgian pilsner malt). I've made a brew before that had the honey and malt extract both part of the boil, i was hoping to do something like that here. what software are you talking about btw? Also, how...

I have a beer recipe that i like, but was thinking of replacing some of the malt extract (and other sugars) with honey. the current recipe asks for: 8 lbs extra pale malt extract 1/2 lb clear candi sugar 4 oz malto dextrin. I was thinking of turning this into something like: 6.5...

I read somewhere that if your starter is stored in the fridge, the morning of the brew you can decant it, add a bit more fresh wort and let it sit for the day, just to get the yeast going before you pitch. Any thoughts on this? How much new wort would you use (if you had a 2L batch of starter...

Great, thanks for your input everyone!

Hello, I am a newbie brewer, i've done one batch so far that's turned out pretty good and am about to start on my second. The first time around, I noticed that it took quite some time for the wort to start boiling again after the malt extract was added to it. The boil is going strong but...