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On another topic separate from conversion and enzymes, are there any concerns of excessive extraction of tannins from the grain husks as a result of such extended mash duration?, @odie have you experienced any excessive bitterness or astringency in your brews?, not sure what are the exact...

Welcome to thiolflation…. when there is no bread you eat crackers..

Not that I know of, but the beer was definitively different so I’m guessing it did it’s thing

Not an expert, but I might recommend looking at this reference. https://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php/Mash_pH_control

For my stouts in general, I mash the regular pale malts just like I would do for any normal IPA and then steep all my dark grains (crushed of course) for 30 mins @165F, that way I don’t have to deal with the water adjustments and chemistry - not that people shouldn’t, but it just simplifies my...

Just go into Amazon and search for finger lakes wine powder, multiple brands and grapes are available, they’re typically in brown bags.

Grape skin/wine powder/wine flour blends from New York Finger Lakes, there are multiple brands and multiple grape products.. I used the Riesling one but there’s red blends as well. Amazon carry most of them.

BIAB w/4.2 gals of distilled water w/ LODO/YOS at a ratio of 2g/gal for each of bread yeast and sucrose starting @110F (allowing natural temp decay) for 1hr then adjusting with CACl, gypsum and magsulf following YOS. TF Golden Promise 5Lb Rahr 2-Row 1/2 Lb Flaked Wheat 1Lb Mashed @158F for 1hr...

+1 I brewed a NEIPA using a US equivalent of Phantasm and Simcoe both in the mash and fermented with Cosmic Punch and a starter of Hill Farmstead yeast. Rounded it up with Azacca, Citra, Nelson and Galaxy at flameout and DDH with Citra and Galaxy. Beer came up insane. Will recommend moving...

Not sure what's the latest in this conversation but wanted to give some suggestions for juicy IPAs: 1) avoid hopstanding at all cost! many wc purist hopheads will argue this but from my experience it will leach too much bitterness, chill beer quickly and get it into the fermentor ASAP -- some...