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Zymurgy Magazine Special Issue 1985 All-Grain

The Homebrewer’s Garden, which has some good info on malting, lead me to Zymurgy’s 1985 issue on all grain, which has a pretty good description of a home-made steeper and kiln.
The mid-80’s haircuts and clothing are pretty interesting, too…

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My second attempt at the Golden Bitter has been very successful so far. It’s the first batch which I’ve brewed utilizing the many new additions to the brewhouse (BeerAlchemy, magnetic stir plate, cooler mash tun w/ false bottom, pH meter, refractometer, pump aeration system).

Starting mash temp was exact after calculating the Thermal Mass of the […]

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I’ve bottle the second 3 gal batch of cider—the non-oaked 1/2 of the cultured yeast batch. I’m priming it for 3.75 Vols C02  (the approx. carbonation of wheat beer) or 1.48oz cane sugar/gal.

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Calculated Thermal Mass: 1lb 8oz
Total water: 4 Gal
Strike temp: 170º
Room temp: 75º
Rest time: 5 min
Final temp: 166º

In BeerAlchemy open Calculators > Mash Calcs
In Strike Temperature:

Tun T/M: 0
Grist Weigh: 0
Liquor Vol: 4 gal
Room Temp: 75º
Mash Temp: 166º

Tun T/M to get Strike Temp = 170º: 1lb 80z

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