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I'm calling this one Tiger Ravine Ale, let me know what you think. The acidulated malt is a last minute change. Will be brewing either this weekend or in two weeks. Grains 4lb Wheat malt 4lb Pilsner malt 2lb Rye malt 0.75lb acidulated malt 0.5lb Carapils Hops 6.4AAU Calypso 60 mins 3.2AAU...

So I built a stir plate, and I tested it with a small chain of nickel-coated neodymium magnets as my stir bar. Everything seemed to work just fine, so I ordered a teflon coated stir bar, but it turns out the one I got is a bit too large and gets thrown pretty quickly. The chain of magnets...

So I built a stir plate, and I tested it with a small chain of nickel-coated neodymium magnets as my stir bar. Everything seemed to work just fine, so I ordered a teflon coated stir bar, but it turns out the one I got is a bit too large and gets thrown pretty quickly. The chain of magnets...

A while back I brewed a an all-grain light doppelbock, OG 1.074, but rather than using lager yeast, because I don't have the capability of reliably maintaining lager temperatures, I went for White Labs German Ale/Kölsch yeast which ferments at temperatures as low as 55F. I'm still learning a...

Has anyone ever experimented with a gamma amylase rest during a mash? I understand that the optimal conditions for gamma amylase are a pH of about 3 and a temp of about 113F (45C). I'm curious about gamma amylase because my understanding is that gamma amylase can cleave off both 1,4 and 1,6...