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Just received a book in the mail. "Sacred and herbal healing beers". I have just read a few pages but man this is a writer! Exciting! Cheers!

Just received a book in the mail. "Sacred and herbal healing beers". I have just read a few pages but man this is a writer! Exciting! Cheers!

Not so strict

My dear wife has caught an interest in beer brewing now. She keeps saying that I am too strict when it comes to following the recipe and that "I am sure the Vikings didn't have access to fresh ingredients" etc. We decided to try some one gallon batches and use up some barley that had been collecting...

Bob that link was really interesting! Is that you? Do you add just to the glass when drinking it or do you add to the whole batch sometimes? I always have a lot of vodka in my freezer. I am a swede you know and we do that self-medication when the sun goes away for 4 months. Have you tried citron vod...

I visited a cabin once where they used ducks to break up algae forming in the spring so it would float downstream. I guess that wouldn't work in this setting? PETA (people for eating of tasty animals)may not like it. :interesting: How about just stirring with a paddle or long spoon? It isn't so hard...

I heard a Podcast about hops with some subject matter expert (Gerard Lemmens). The podcast was basic brewing radio and it was very interesting. I am not sure, but I think this is the link: http://www.basicbrewing.com/radio/mp3/bbr09-01-05.mp3 If not search ITunes for it (September 8, 2005) I learned...

Thank you for your advice. I did dry the hops and now they are stored in the freezer. I did not have oxygen barrier bags but I hope it will be fine anyways. So dry-hopping only add aroma? I did the same thing minus the mold with floating dry hops. So I need to steal some marbles from some kid. Boy I...

Hi there Yeasty. Yes I believe that I have to measure more carefully in the future. I have not been measuring the volume besides when filling the pot in the beginning. Now I marked on a stick so I can measure throughout the process. I did put next recipe in the MAXI-BIAB calculator and the "water ne...

That is about right.I had trouble with this too as I had always done kits and filled bottles. I can still just barely fit this volume into my 44 liter kettle,but have found it much easier to go with a 19 liter(5 us gal) brew length.Everything fits better and it all fits into my cornies!It was a gre...

:clap: You found it! I was just testing you guys :lol:
That's why I need to move back to Sweden where measurements make sense! So I changed it to 15,74 Inches which is 40 cm but it still want's me to use 10.31 gal which is............39 liters!
It feels too much!

Next recipe: Mc Quaker oatmeal stout in the book "Brewing Classic Styles" by Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer. Page 169: I will try to go with the recipe "as is" (well the base malt I increased by 27 grams :) ) Grain bill: 10 lb 4535 g British Pale Ale malt 1 lb 450 g Flaked oats (1 o L) 0.75 lb 340...

Do you guys ever take a recipe and just go with that? Is it neccesary to scale up recipes when brewing with BIAB method? I can see that I need to figure out the water needs. Another thing, if the OG is too high is there a thought on how to fix that? I understand that if it is too low one can only ad...

Basically, if you're floating in the dead sea, other people floating around you don't affect how well you float...

Same applies to hydrometers floating in your wort sea
:thumbs: Great analogy!
Recipe is under amber hybrids and it is a Northern German Alt Beer.

What an impressive setup! You are a plumber or :?: Do you always use whole hops? I just use pellets in a smaller nylon bag that I lift out at the end. I got to pick some wild (semi-wild) hops from a friend that I still haven't used. I was thinking of using them for dry hopping. They are Cascade hops...

Sorry confused :blush: . I did take a sample just at the end of the mash and I still had the bags in. That sample was 1.050 and the sample I took at the end of the boil was 1.058 I had a lot of floaties in the wort then, would that affect the reading? I spun the hydrometer as is suggested to dislodg...

BIAB 2 bag method

I should have used "missed target OG" as a headline :dunno: . I am learning and I just learned that you don't leave the lid on when boiling! OK good, I always thought that the calculator was way off on how much water to add in the beginning, but if I take the lid off and boil for 90 min perhaps it w...

This was in the time when cell phones were fairly new. A man was visiting a bathing house in Germany. A lot of men sat around red faced and with white towels wrapped around them. The man noticed that they all had their cell phones under their towels and they took them out and talked loudly when they...

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