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RIS recipe input
Bassbrew, Did you choose the base malt or did beersmith recommend using it? Marris Otter is a very high modified malt originally intended to make whiskey with. To make Ale with it enzymes may need to be added. Obtain the spec sheet for Marris Otter from the maltsters that make it, I believe...- Hopalong
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First Lager Recipe--Critiques Wanted on Recipe and Techniques
The recipe looks OK. Maybe add a little sauer malz. During a mash rest at 140/145F a few things are occurring in the mash. Alpha is liquefying amylose at 1-4 links located throughout the chain (liquefaction), releasing sweet tasting, non-fermenting sugar and glucose (saccharification). Beta is...- Hopalong
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'Toast Ale' recipe, but primitive style – possible?
#3. How is the starch getting converted here: does it "borrow" enzymes from the malt/husks? Well, here's the issue, you are confused about what conversion is. Starch does not convert to sugar. Starch is a poly-saccharide, the sugar is already there and starch is the container that holds the...- Hopalong
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