PundyBrews
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Hi everybody
I want to make an special beer for a friends 10th wedding anniversary, an abbey clone, put i would like to make it a partial mash.
I have found lots of info on converting some of the grains but cant find out how much base grain I need to mash in order to properly convert all the specialty grains.
Its the Bernardus Abt clone I heard on the Jamil Show. He has 3.5 lbs of specialty grains which he says to steep:
1lb Aromatic
1lb Cara Munich
1lb Special B
.5 lb Melenodin
Aren't these grains supposed to be mashed? Anyway I thought my beer would be better served if I mashed those grains but do not have a mash tun yet, so how much gain do I need to mash and conversely should I just steep and stick to the extract?
I want to make an special beer for a friends 10th wedding anniversary, an abbey clone, put i would like to make it a partial mash.
I have found lots of info on converting some of the grains but cant find out how much base grain I need to mash in order to properly convert all the specialty grains.
Its the Bernardus Abt clone I heard on the Jamil Show. He has 3.5 lbs of specialty grains which he says to steep:
1lb Aromatic
1lb Cara Munich
1lb Special B
.5 lb Melenodin
Aren't these grains supposed to be mashed? Anyway I thought my beer would be better served if I mashed those grains but do not have a mash tun yet, so how much gain do I need to mash and conversely should I just steep and stick to the extract?