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Over in "I brewed a favorite recipe today" #11 (link) there is a description of a process for partial boil (2.5 gal boil for 5 gal...

I admire the dedication! My scorching problem came with the latest batch of weizen we brewed up. It was bad enough where my wife spent...

I began with stove-top brews, so here's a messy one: I'm disabled so rather than move the huge pot off the burner to mix, I took my...

I didn't throw any kits under the bus. I did throw the "standard extract kit instructions" under the bus, and I stand by that.

Add it to warm (160F to 200F) water. For my 2.5 gal recipes where I used LME, I added all the LME at around 180F before the start of...

The progress we've made through what we've been sold has been a fun journey. The mistakes have been mostly my own and I'm looking...

Thanks for your replies. I also read that some people heat up the lme by putting the containers in hot water first. I can see that being...

yes remove from heat dont add it all in the begining go for a late addition. dont add it all in the middle of the pot i like to add it...

Yeah, standard extract kit instructions almost guarantee at least some scorching of the LME. What do they think is going to happen when...

Hi all, I've been coming across advice from Homebrew Talk pretty much every time I ask one of my many stupid questions so thanks for...