wherestheyeast
Well-Known Member
Take half the roasted barley and half the flaked barley, add to one steeping bag, tie it off and put it in the boil. Make sure you stir the crap out of the malt or it will stick to the pot and burn. Also keep the bag off the bottom, it'll float at first but tie it off to your handle or something. Boil 30 minutes this way. Then add the rest of the roasted barley and flaked barley to the other steeping bag and put it in the boil, tie off to the other side of the pot. Boil another 15 minutes. Then add your fuggles to the last steeping bag and toss in the pot. Boil another 15 minutes with everything in there. That's a total of one hour.
Lou,
I'm relatively new to brewing and I'm sure your stout recipe is great, but for as long as I've been learning the process I've never seen instructions advocating boiling grains. Since I seemed to be really focused on why we do things as brewers, can you give some insight into this method?