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I've noticed BYO magazine recipes often call for 2-row in extract recipes - usually a pound or so. I thought 2 row was only for mashing and not a good steeping grain. They do specify to steep for 45 minutes. Is this more like a partial mash?

Are there any advantages to it? Do higher gravity extract beers benefit from longer boils? When doing a 90 minute boil, do you add bittering hops for the entire 90 or for 60? Just curious.

Not really a homebrew topic, but does anybody watch the show Weeds? I just finished the 5th season on DVD and noticed Andy Botwin wearing a Stone Brewing t-shirt a couple times and drinking Ruination. Wonder if they paid for that?

I've seen several different methods for aerating wort but have not heard of anyone using a hand mixer - the type you'd use to bake cupcakes. Any reason for this? I'm considering trying it since my last couple brews have stalled during fermentation.

I had a stalled fermentation so I boiled up some DME with yeast energizer, yeast nutrients, added it to my fermentor, and pitched some re-hydrated dried yeast. This was Friday evening. I'm not seeing any foaming and the air lock is not very active, but there is a layer of sludge at the bottom...