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I have brewed this beer around 4 times and got it right for my tastes. I have found a 90min mash helps. My last brew was perfect in every way and liked by all that tried it. It was dead clear and had a fantastic creamy head. The strange thing is that my Thai friends, of witch I have many, just...

P.S. one thing I forgot to mention is that the grain absorbs quite a lot of water so you are going to have to top it up no matter what. I suppose it depends what software you are using.

I am in New Zealand so use metric. I mash with 30 litres and grain in a bag. I get very good temp control because there is so much volume that the temp in the submerged grain 'ball' will stay constant for an hour or more to within a degree or so. After mash I mash out by raising temp and...

I am trying to get my SG right. I bought a refractometer with ATC and some DME. I BIAB. I use Brewmate and it has a calculater so the quantities are easy to calculate but how do I add DME and still stay sanitized after the boil? I would rather correct SG before the boil but cant find an easy...