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  1. K

    Starter DME suggestion for AHS Irish Red

    If you normally decant your starter the only thing I would try to match from starter to wort would be specific gravity...you want your yeasties to be happy in their new home.
  2. K

    Cream Ale Cream of Three Crops (Cream Ale)

    Beano and Amylase are not the same thing. Two different enzymes. Beano is alpha galactosidase while brewer's amylase is Alpha Amylase. My understanding is alpha galactosidase will "go craze" to the end of any starch, while alpha amylase isn't as aggressive. Anyone have personal...
  3. K

    Cream Ale Cream of Three Crops (Cream Ale)

    I added Amylase Enzyme, 1 teaspoon, on day eight (3 days after primary fermentation appeared to have stopped ) to further dry out this brew. It's still chugging along. What's the nature of Amylase Enzyme, will it just keep going until there's nothing left for it to break down, or will it...
  4. K

    Need to brew tomorrow. Only have 2oz hops

    The critical bit of information that's missing is the Alpha Acid % for the hops you do have. Can't really critique a recipe or make suggestions without it. Your recipe is almost the same as Cream of Three Crops, If you're going for something like that and your IBUs are 14~18 I think you'll be...
  5. K

    5 gallon batch with a 5 gallon pot?

    Using excess running to make up boil off will work to a point, but I'd want to have at least 30~40 minutes of rolling boil after the last addition(longer if style, ie DMS, is a concern) . Another way to deal with this limiting factor would be to increase your wort OG by increasing your...
  6. K

    Aging in Keg

    rack as normal to minimize oxidation, then temporarily hook it up to your CO2 to purge the air from the dead space at the top of the keg. Once it's been "charged" you can disconnect it for aging.
  7. K

    Need a Red Ale Recipe

    Mother's Day Ale Irish Red Ale Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (G): 5.5 Total Grain (lb): 10.000 Total Hops (oz): 1.50 Original Gravity (OG): 1.048 (°P): 11.9 Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1 Alcohol by Volume (ABV)...
  8. K

    Cream Ale Cream of Three Crops (Cream Ale)

    Brewed this yesterday, I’ve never brewed anything this light before. The wort looked like lemonade, I thought I had low efficiency, but I actually crushed it, north of 90% (OG 1.045)! My 5.8 gal version: 6 lbs. Pale Malt 1 lbs. Crushed Maze 1 lbs. Minute Rice 90 min mash @148 90 min boil...
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