Comments on: Measure Twice, Brew Once http://hopwild.com/2008/12/19/measure-twice-brew-once/ Tips and Recipies in the quest to brew the perfect beer Thu, 19 May 2011 20:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Beth Baldwin http://hopwild.com/2008/12/19/measure-twice-brew-once/comment-page-1/#comment-14534 Beth Baldwin Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:12:49 +0000 http://hopwild.com/?p=143#comment-14534 Great website Jimmy, I am learning a lot!! Great website Jimmy, I am learning a lot!!

]]> By: Jimmy http://hopwild.com/2008/12/19/measure-twice-brew-once/comment-page-1/#comment-14054 Jimmy Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:09:04 +0000 http://hopwild.com/?p=143#comment-14054 Hi George, You can add rice or corn to the mash to get some extra fermentable sugars - be sure they are either malted or gelatinized otherwise the grain enzymes won't be able to convert them to sugars for the yeast. Otherwise you'll just end up with a bunch of starches in the finished beer. It sounds like you've experienced this. I made some notes about using these kinds of adjuncts in an article here: <a href="http://hopwild.com/2009/02/18/cereal-mashing-bother/" rel="nofollow"> Generally unless you're trying to achieve some specific flavor (or lack thereof) from the corn or rice, you can still make a perfectly good light beer with all malted grains. Just use a low mash temperature (147-149ºF/64-65ºC) and let it rest for a long time - at least an hour to 90 minutes. Hope that helps! Jimmy Hi George,

You can add rice or corn to the mash to get some extra fermentable sugars – be sure they are either malted or gelatinized otherwise the grain enzymes won’t be able to convert them to sugars for the yeast. Otherwise you’ll just end up with a bunch of starches in the finished beer. It sounds like you’ve experienced this.

I made some notes about using these kinds of adjuncts in an article here:

Generally unless you’re trying to achieve some specific flavor (or lack thereof) from the corn or rice, you can still make a perfectly good light beer with all malted grains. Just use a low mash temperature (147-149ºF/64-65ºC) and let it rest for a long time – at least an hour to 90 minutes.

Hope that helps!
Jimmy

]]> By: Jimmy http://hopwild.com/2008/12/19/measure-twice-brew-once/comment-page-1/#comment-14053 Jimmy Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:59:52 +0000 http://hopwild.com/?p=143#comment-14053 Hey Tyler, Thanks for stopping by. Session beer is generally anything you can drink a reasonable quantity of without getting sloppy-falldown-drunk. The term "session" is usually more an indication of relative (low) ABV. Imagine a nice evening at the pub having several pints of your favorite - and not being hungover the next day. Hope that helps, Jimmy Hey Tyler,

Thanks for stopping by. Session beer is generally anything you can drink a reasonable quantity of without getting sloppy-falldown-drunk. The term “session” is usually more an indication of relative (low) ABV. Imagine a nice evening at the pub having several pints of your favorite – and not being hungover the next day.

Hope that helps,
Jimmy

]]> By: Tyler http://hopwild.com/2008/12/19/measure-twice-brew-once/comment-page-1/#comment-14033 Tyler Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:07:30 +0000 http://hopwild.com/?p=143#comment-14033 What exactly is a "session" beer? Have brewed twice now, one was a session beer, the other wasn't. What's the difference? Nice blog! What exactly is a “session” beer? Have brewed twice now, one was a session beer, the other wasn’t. What’s the difference?

Nice blog!

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