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All Grain Brewing / Gambrinus Pale Malt

« on: December 08, 2010, 05:10:24 PM »

I recently brewed a couple of beers (scotch ale, an extra pale ale, and british IPA) with a sack of Gambrinus Pale malt.  I've noticed that all of these beers came out much hazier than I was expecting.  Usually I brew with Marris Otter and don't tend to have much haze problems.

I'm trying to decide if I want to purchase another sack of this malt or spend the extra money on some Maris Otter or Golden Promise.  Does anyone have any experience or opinions about this malt? 

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Ingredients / Hemlock

« on: July 26, 2010, 06:19:25 PM »

Has anyone out there used hemlock in a beer?  If so what are your thoughts and recommendations?

Thanks

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Like visiting an old friend.....

« on: January 26, 2010, 02:13:01 PM »

I've been doing almost exclusively all-grain brewing for a number of years now but recently life has been getting too hectic to find the time for a all-grin batch.  Really having the urge to brew I brewed up an extract version of my Irish Red yesterday.  Boy what a great brew session!  Nice and relaxing!  I was able to get it brewed up, into the fermenter, and yeast pitched in the couple of hours I had between work shifts!  I might have to start doing sessions like this more often!   

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Yeast and Fermentation / Yeast Stable

« on: December 09, 2009, 10:15:52 PM »

I just added some 1056 to my yeast ranch .  What cultures are people ranching out there?

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All Grain Brewing / Malt Conditioning

« on: December 07, 2009, 03:36:25 PM »

I just tried malt conditioning for the first time yesterday.  Wow, that was awesome.  Thanks going out to the Brau Kaiser for all the great info he's getting out there