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Does anyone have any experience with maintaining their boil using a 1500 watt heat stick as the sole heat source? I'm forever looking for ways to shorten my brew day. I'm using a propane burner to get to temps, but had thought about adding a heat stick (like the hotrod head stick) to speed...

In a thread, a while back, rice hulls and their use with corn was discussed. Someone mentioned that without rice hulls, the mash would be "sticky". So, I brewed a recipe a while back that was around 30% flaked corn and 10% flaked rye. I didn't use rice hulls, because I figured there was...

It seems like Morton's Sugar Cure has been discontinued, based on things I'm seeing around the web. Prices are getting jacked up everywhere, as a result. So, I cured a little over 40 lbs of bacon this weekend with tenderquick and some brown sugar. Not sure how that is going to turn out...

So, I have a well liked brown porter. I've just brewed ten gallons of it and figured I'd pull a gallon and sour it. The beer is a mix of MO, brown malt, dark chocolate, and Crystal. It has a nice chocolate flavor with a roasty chocolate note to it. Minimal hop character as it is straight...

I've been pondering a raisin nut brown ale, and threw together a recipe for an English Brown. Brewer's friend seems to think it is in line, style-wise. Any opinions? I've never used special B or Victory. But they seem to be the recommended malts for the flavors I am after. I've also never...

Do you use the liquid or the powder for cleaning kettles and the like?

So, I'm planning on running a bitter. The numbers check out according to an online calculator. Haven't plugged it into my beersmith. I just wanted to make sure it seemed like a good fit. I've not actually cobbled my own recipes from scratch before. Mash at 150-152°. 8.5 lbs Maris Otter...

So, I made the BYO London Porter clone. 8.27 lbs. Muntons pale ale malt 1.0 lb. crystal malt (75 °L) 1.5 lbs. brown malt 0.75 lb. chocolate malt 6.25 AAU Fuggle hops (60 min) (1.3 oz./37 g of 4.7% alpha acids) 3.15 AAU Fuggle hops (15 min) (0.67 oz./19 g of 4.7% alpha acids) Wyeast 1968...

Oopth. I started posting without saying "Hi". So... wait for it... Hi. I've been lurking for a while. Have made ciders, wines, mead, and a few runs of beer. I've pared down to mostly mead and beer. Should be finding my way into the smoking/curing forum as well. We slaughter our own...