Recent content by joewalkrd

As a new member I hope you don't mind me adding to the discussion. I have some experience using nettles as part of an herbal tea (for gas) and lemon balm in making extracts and lip balms as a natural remedy to quicken the healing of cold sores. However, I never though of using these in a brew...

I'm looking forward to reading more on this. An OG of 1.055 seems good to me. Whether or not there is any cost savings to be realized, I can certainly appreciate the experimental mind set. It seems that some of the most interesting things come from the decision to just try something new...like...

It seems like, based on my reading of research in the last few days, malted buckwheat doesn't have very good converting potential on its own and exogenous enzymes are needed. With this in mind, is it really worth going through the trouble of malting the buckwheat if some exogenous enzymes are...

This is great info. I have also read the article mentioned and linked to. I would really like to try using yellow yam (Discorea Cayenesis) but the article doesn't seem to give enough info on how the "crude enzyme extract" was obtained. How could a person apply this info? It doesn't seem that the...

Hello, I looks like this project was undertaken a while ago, but I thought I'd ask for an update on how the brew turned out. 1. How did you adequately remove the roots etc from the dried grain? I've used a mesh strainer, but it tends to be a long process for just a few pounds of buckwheat...