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Further your statement that CO is heavier than air is totally incorrect. CO is so close to the molecular weight of air that it mixes easily making it very dangerous.

Who said my burners were for outdoors? You can buy large indoor burners from restaurant suppliers. I got mine from a restaurant gas range that was trashed. I changed the orifice to LP (from the mfg.) Then built a metal rack to mount them in. My point is you can use LP indoors safely, even in...

Brewing in the basement using propane can be done. I know this because I have been doing so safely for over 10 years. There are 3 things you need to be concerned with. One is CO. Carbon monoxide is a 28 mole gas that is odorless, colorless, tasteless and deadly. It is slightly heavier than air...

Indeed, this is why we use malted grains much more efficient.

I think if you could maintain temps long enough, you could convert some of the starch ... would malting it be a better choice? Yes of coarse. This is not something I would try, malted grains are readily available including wheat and rye. So making a beer entirely from wheat can be done ... same...

the enzymes are present in the grain (malted or un-malted). the extended mashing process and extended multiple rests at appropriate temps will activate the enzymes. This will not be as effective as using malted grain but it would work.

You can make an all wheat beer. You can make an all rye beer. These grains are routinely malted, and readily available. Neither wheat or rye have a husk so the mash and sparge process need to take this into consideration. (Use rice hulls to help the filtration process.) Using un-malted grains...

I have 280 bottles I would like to give away. They are all de-labeled and clean (they are a little dusty). Some are New Belgium some are Samuel Adams some are just plain bottles. Most are long neck, some short bottles. They are free all I ask is you pay to have them shipped to you. If you...

MMMM been awhile ... first wort with a short of rye ..

Brewing today for the first time since 4/10/21. Brewing an German Amber Lager.

I strain every beer before going into the fermenter after the wort is completely cooled to 70F or less. Here's why: 1. Hops leave a lot of debris and can carry hot break proteins into the wort which can cause chill haze. 2. Boiled work is seriously short of available oxygen. Oxygen is need for...

Since i do not use wheat or rye often I would follow what DBhomebrew says ...

Apple -- I was referring to adding any specific flavor to any beer in general not a dry stout in particular ... however an Apple Stout heavy roast flavors would go better with pears ... apples and wheat to make an apple wheat ale ... that me be something?

I have used Midnight wheat once in a dark wheat ale turned out ok ... but that was some time ago. Since I am not a big fan of wheat beers I don't make many. I don't believe it would add much in the way of chocolate, it may however give you the "creamy roast flavor"!

I would keep the chocolate malt. Adding specific flavors like coffee or chocolate or apple or pumpkin work best when added after fermentation. At least that has been my experience.

Pale Chocolate is pretty mild, you may want to consider a standard chocolate malt, it is a little darker and has a more robust chocolate flavor. If your really looking for a back end bitter chocolate flavor, take 1/4 to a 1/2 cup of cocoa baking powder and boil it in 1 and 1/2 cups of water and...

12 OZ of roasted barley is a lot. Roasted barley can be really stringent. Up the amount of chocolate to 12 OZ and reduce the roasted barley to 6 or 8 OZ. That should be enough make it fairly dry. I would up the pale 2 row by a pound and save the Munich for a German lager.

I use SO-4 a lot as I make many English ales. Depending on what I am doing I will ferment it at 62 for an ESB and as high as 68 for an English Oatmeal stout. On thing I have learned with SO-4 is to always boost the temp 70 to 74 at the end of the fermentation (after 14 days for me) and leave it...

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I would take the lot if they are available