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All good info, thanks guys. I thought I had a ton of starter material but it was a pain compared to my normal dme (heating it may have helped). Good info concerning the fermentability, just assumed it would be mainly fermentables and worth creating my own dextrins with higher mash temps. I'll...

Thanks, guys. Might brew a bock and then add 6 lbs of lme at flameout to make it a dopplebock. I have a helles about ready to keg....should give me plenty of healthy wy 2308 to work with. Should put me around 1.087 with the recipe I put together. I usually use almost all munich with a tad of...

Hey folks- I've been an all grain brewer for 20 years or so and recently received a gift of 3 kits containing a bunch of breiss gold lme. I used the first container for a series of starters, but I still have two 6 lb and one 3 lb container left. Thinking about supplimenting a bock, stout...

Just finished a double brew day. A dark American brown @ 1.054 using WY 1318 and a Citra ipa @1.059 using a bunch of cascade and Citra and wy 1056. Also kegged a steam beer and a centennial blonde, so all in all 20 gallons of beer made and/ or kegged. Now time to have a cold one!

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Good stuff guys, thanks.

I have 2. The first, Alternative Beverage, I've been buying ingredients since the mid- to late 90s and they are still going strong. Jess will take care of you. The second, The Nook and Tavern, is just starting out but they focus on unique and local ingredients, which changes the ball game for...

Thanks for the reply. I understand that, I think maybe I'm asking the question wrong. Diastatic power is a combo of alpha and beta, so my question is if two grains have the same dp, but one has less alpha amylase than the other (therefore higher beta), then my current experience is that a...

Hey Folks- I've searched the web and found a little bit of info, but still can't find an answer to how levels of alpha amylase in malted grains impact a mash in relation to mash temp. In other words, if one grain has a lower level of alpha amylase than another, would a higher mash temp be...

Just did my first batch of centennial blonde last evening to see what all the hype is about. My wife loves blonde ales. Used a local dark vienna-type malt and 6-row pale instead of 2-row, bagged the crystal malts, and went with 1056 (not a fan of notty)so it will be a little different...

Well, okay then. No nc mountains, no riverbend. Sorry to hear both put a bad taste in your mouth. Take care and happy brewing.

Not sure. Maybe they have learned a few things over the years. I like their stuff so far and it seems to be well used around the area, but part of the allure is its local. I still have plenty of german pils and British mo around, so I'm not ditching my historic grains. It's just nice to...

I've been experimenting with local malts lately and have been pretty darn impressed. I'm in nc and have read a thing or two about riverbend out of asheville. Just wrote a blurb on another thread about their heritage malts and a recent lager I made. It's like a dark vienna with plenty of...

I've had good luck with riverbend malts. They don't use any 2-row these days, although I think they are hunting for a good southern variety. The pils, pale, and heritage are made from a 6-row variety called thoroughbred. That's what I've been getting anyway. Smaller grains but great flavor...

Brewed a "heritage lager", using 75/25 mix of Riverbend heritage malt (asheville) and the rest pilsner from same malster. Magnum for bittering, tettnang for flavor and aroma (30 ibus). Decided to use a cali lager strain since I just kegged a delicious cali common and had a ton of fresh yeast...

After taking a trip to Vermont this summer (I live in the Asheville area) and having fresh Heady Topper and several beers from Hillstead Farms, I now get it. I've tried a few of the local renditions and haven't seen or tasted anything close. We stayed in Stowe and the style was quite common...

Good stuff. I have to re-sample all my beers tonight to make sure they are perfect for tomorrow's gatherimg. Another good reason to drink a homebrew.

I've never been to Flat top brewing. I will have to check it out.

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