[I must say that some days I am very tempted to close this forum down to a very few brewers. I get a little confused on why I should be writing (giving) answers that take an hour or many more to write and then, when I do, some people just ask for more with no thanks or contribution. That never both...

On the malt specification sheets, what is 'coarse' and what is 'fine'? And how do those compare to typical homebrew crushes?

Mally's experiment is ok, but all it tells us is what HE gets on HIS system. I don't think it's safe to conclude anything else.

Thanks Joshua. That's my approach with specialty grains, and I find it works well--although I don't do a mash out, I do add them in at the end of the mash. Check out the link I posted--at least a few pro brewers going with 20-minute mashes, and at least one says "The malt that's in use worldwide is ...

I did ask if it was OK to question the conventional wisdom here, and received assurances that it was indeed accepted. I've no desire to disrupt things here. I wish you all the best of luck, and good beer. On the subject of short vs long mashes, let's see what the pro brewers say (this came up in a p...

By the way Joshua, I posted over on your de-hulled barley thread. It appears Briess sells 2-row flour. Wouldn't that be what you are looking for?

http://www.brewingwithbriess.com/Assets ... rsMalt.pdf

I haven't looked into this at all, but it looks like Briess sells 2-row flour. Is this maybe de-hulled, crushed malt?

http://www.brewingwithbriess.com/Assets ... rsMalt.pdf

Thank you for responding, Joshua. Respectfully, I would approach that thread differently--rather, as Exhibit A in my argument that data collected in this way is invalid. While the creators of the thread attempted some control, there is no way that data can be used to predict what any single person c...

I'll state my intent clearly, and I'm happy to entertain a discussion about it. However I have no interest in disrupting this board any further than I already have. If it is forbidden to question the conventional wisdom around here, do let me know. I understand and please accept my apologies. My int...

I'm a visitor from HBT. My handle here is the same over there. I participated in the discussion referenced in this thread. I'd like to ask anyone interested to attempt a read of that thread with an open mind. I hope you'll find it a very well-reasoned discussion with minimal vitriol and hate--perhap...

Good day, I brewed my first batch of beer in 1998 and have been at it ever since. I came upon the BIAB method a couple of years ago and I was really impressed by the elegance of the method. I've become an enthusiastic BIAB-er and while I have dialed in my system to produce consistent results, I'm al...