To be honest, this happened yesterday, but I was in no position to type anything readable.
We recently moved and had a couple over that helped us with the move. While the kids played, we drank and drank and drank some more homebrew. My buddy and I have been trying to get a weekend where I can introduce him to the homebrewing "hobby" (obsession). We took a look at the equipment and I walked him through the process. He is really interested in getting started, so I told him about this site, obviously. I pointed him in the direction of a decent LHBS and we are planning on a brew day in the next few weekends.
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Yesterday I transferred 10gal of California Common to kegs and bottled about 4gal of coffee/cacao/bourbon RIS from the keg.
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Hard Rootbeer?....explain...
Plumber came out to install a new toilet. Saw my carboy and bottle de-labelling project on the counter and asked me if I brew. We talked about it (well I did anyway) for a minute and he decided he's gonna start brewing and growing his own hops. Sent him home with an Imperial Red.
Today, I made a few different caramel/crystal malts, using base malt. I made a light, med-light, medium, and dark lovibond crystal malts.
I'm curous about the process you used. I've toasted my own grain by baking it in the oven, but what do you do to make caramel/crystal? I imagine it requires some kind of water bath followed by high temp baking?
Soaked the grain overnight, mashed for a few hours, then kilned lightly until dry(oven). After that, cranked up the heat to around 350°F, and pulled out a portion every 5-10 mins.
picked up enough grain and hops to make 2 batches of a sierra nevada torpedo clone! and made a starter
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