If you order ingredients for a cpl batches you can get to the free shipping number. I always need Pale malt, maybe some Munich, throw in a cpl packs of yeast along with the OxBlox and that gets you in the free shipping neighborhood.
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MoreBeer now sells OxBlox which is a trifecta formula. They recommend .2-.4 grams per gal water treated. A little goes a LONG way.
I feel the same way @Bassman2003: I do not care about the BHE., either. I use 8.5-9# grain for 10-11° Plato using No Sparge.
Though elements in direct contact with wort do work and have been used by numerous brewers, I have not been a fan.
So, I got an induction cooktop and couldn’t be more pleased in its performance. I have a 220v 3600w version that I power from my dryer outlet for 5 gal batches (heat 7-8 gal...
I bottled three styles (4 bottles ea) and boxed 6 bottles (2 ea) for NHC First Round. I am saving 2 ea bottles of each style to 1) drink 1 ea on the day of judging to see/smell/taste what the judges are experiencing and take notes and then again 2) drink 1 ea when I get my scoresheets to...
I used the oven method, store it in a Mason jar in the fridge, heat up some water in a pot on the stove and place the jar in it to warm it for use. I pour it into a large glass measuring cup on my grain scale and add hot wort to it to dissolve it and add it to the boil.
A cpl more (possibly dumb) questions (pardon me): is there a lookup table for the various grains/malts and various other acids/bases that the average homebrewer can access?
For example flaked barley is not listed in post #1 but used in a general Stout recipe (Pale malt, Flaked Barley, and Roast...
Collected RO for tomorrow’s brewday. My 175th since AL made Homebrewing legal. I plan a tip of the hat to Belhaven 60/- from Graham Wheeler’s British Real Ale.