[knews_hound]

I brewed a tasty nut brown this weekend, Mmmmmmm.

No one, especially a pig, will get a drop but me.

Seen this yet?

http://knewshound.blogspot.com/2006/03/homebrewing-101.html

Curious to see what you think.

Cheers,

knewshound

[decal]

This looks ve-e-e-e-ry good; it makes me want to get back into it again (always did it on the cheap and quick before, with malt syrup and pelletized hops; now that I've got more room to do it right I need to go to the next stage).

Here in central TX it's usually desirable to add calcium carbonate while boiling the water to soften it and take out the chlorine - is that step necessary when mashing whole grains?

Always used the powdered sanitizer rather than the iodine-based stuff - personal preference, I suppose.

Since you're using lager yeast but fermenting more at ale temps, you're results could be like a California Common (what "steam beer" has to be called since Anchor trademarked the name).