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Can beta amylase eat sugars after alpha amylase?
A bit of background -- I brewed a pumpkin ale recently. The mash temp was maintained fairly high (well above 150F) for at least a full hour. The sparge was a disastrous 3-4 hour experience (despite ...
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Converting Hops in All-Grain to Extract Recipe
I have this All-Grain recipe that I'm converting to Extract.
Do you basically just increase the hops until the IBUs match the original measurement?
I've gotten the OG fairly close and the SRM is a ...
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Will Adding an Active Mash to a Non-Active Mash Get Enzyme Activity Started Again?
Background: A friend of mine does ten gallon batches of big beers, so has a lot of grain. After mashing, his technique is to fly sparge with 170 degree water. I understand this shuts-down enzymatic ...
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Is the iodine test for starch conversion pointless?
Looking around the web there seems to be a lot of mention of the use of the iodine (starch) test at the end of your mash. Is it actually useful (i.e. is it reliable)? There have been times when I ...
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Needs to be mashed
I recently had a debate with a brewing buddy of mine about malts that "need to be mashed".
For instance victory malt is listed in Palmers "How to Brew" as being in the needs to be mashed column. I ...
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How do you convert between SRM and Lovibond?
For instance, if a grain is specified at 300 SRM, what is the equation to convert that to Lovibond? What is the equation to convert it back?
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Cereal Mashing for Adjuncts
What is the step-by-step process for cereal mashing adjuncts?
Please include temps and grain to volume ratios.
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What is conversion?
While answering another question, about mash temperature, the question about conversion and how long it takes came up.
So what is conversion? I think we all know its the process of enzymes converting ...
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What is the conversion rate between dry malt extract (DME) and liquid malt extract (LME)?
Say I have a recipe that calls for 5 lbs of LME. How much DME would that be?
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All-Grain to Extract and Steeping
I'm wondering how this can be converted to an extract recipe. Initially it was thought we could just do 14lbs (US 2 row) * .75 = 10.5lbs of extract, but then the question was asked if the rest of the ...
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Cara Pils Dextrine
Want to use Cara Pils-Dextrine in my next brew to add body and aid in head retention. I have not made the jump to all grain yet, and I am doing a partial mash. Will steeping/mini-mashing Cara Pils ...
