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Will a 15 minute rest at 142 degrees dry this out?

I going to be experimenting with some ideas around no sparge and double infusion mashing when school starts back. My first question is on No Sprage. Of people that have done that, do you like putting all the water in for a thin mash or do you make it closer to 1.5qt per lb and then add boiling...

I have not used my edge star mini keg in a long time, but I think the issue is that it sits on a cold plate. The beer at the bottom is cold which is needed for serving as it comes off the bottom, but the beer higher up is not cold and therefore it would need more pressure to carb it or maintain...

If it is a partial mash you can add .25 lbs of base malt, if it if an extract with steeping grains, I am guessing there is more than just the one bottle. Either another 3lbs of LME or DME and in that case it is too small of an amoun to worry about. it will be fine.

I do shrimp boils in my brew pot and have not been able to get any beer flavor in the food. I may swing by the keg and start with a gallon of beer, 2 gallons of water, and a cup of Cajun spice next time. The vegetables and shrimp may taste a lot better with the beer in the brew pot.

I would look at temperature first. Boil some water and check the temperature of it. If it boils at 205 your thermometer is off and you need to allow for the difference. You may be mashing very hot or too cold. I have several that are way off. As long as you know what it says when it is...

I did a lot of fat tire extract kits before getting into all grain. The best thing I did back hen was increase to a 4 gallon boil. You can reduce your bittering hops about 5% or just go with the recipe. If I remember correctly it was 10% reduction if boiling 6 gallons. Bigger boils are great.

I just put one of these in my freezer. It was $11 at Walmart. I unplugged the freezer from the temp controller, changed it to heat mode and plugged this in. I was doing some lagers but it is time to warm up for ale now. It is small, cheap, and slow to change the temp so there are not hot...

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I just froze 6 half liter Dr Pepper bottles and 2 two liter bottles. I give them a little squeeze before putting the lid on to allow for expanding.

The temp will be ok. Adding a little hot water would have been good, but it will be ok. I go for 150 when I want a dry beer. I have always been told to go at least 75 minute in the low temps, but most of it is in the first 30 minutes. It will be fine. Post back if you hit your OG. I am in...

Has anyone done a big 5 gallon beer or a 10 gallon regular batch with a 5 gallon mash tun and used fresh LME in place of some 2 row grain to hit the OG? If so how much did it affect the taste? Could you tell the difference? I went from extract straight to all grain back when I made the jump...

I was washing some American Lager Wyeast today as I moved it from the primary to the secondary. I am getting good seperation, but I was thinking from my last wash of Ale yeast that the creamy layer in the middle was the yeast. This looks to me like the creamy layer is the bottom. Does lager...

Washing lager yeast

Washing Yeast