vrodbrad
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Good day all, Well tomorrow will be my first batch so wish me luck that everything goes right. but I know I will have fun. (having a buddy come over and help for he wants to learn.) I will be making a American cream ale extract kit. The instructions that came with the kit are not real clear in my opinion, so i got the BeerSmith 2 program and put the information in that and it made it whole lot clearer to understand.
So here is my questions,
1. The instructions say to steep the specialty grains for ten minutes at 160 degree's. That does not seem like a long time. When I was up in Washington last week One of the brewing masters told me I should steep for 30 min at 155. so which is better 10 or 30 or go with my own and do 20 minutes.
Any and all suggestions will be welcome
So here is my questions,
1. The instructions say to steep the specialty grains for ten minutes at 160 degree's. That does not seem like a long time. When I was up in Washington last week One of the brewing masters told me I should steep for 30 min at 155. so which is better 10 or 30 or go with my own and do 20 minutes.
Any and all suggestions will be welcome