Magazine Articles?

[valorian]

What it takes to brew an award winning beer. Tips and ideas from putting the recipe together to brewing the batch to fermentation.

[DannyW]

All this "wetness factor" brings to mind another possible topic...

I've always used 1.1qt/# for mashing in my cooler, only because it is thin enough (just) to stir but leaves me max room for a boiling infusion at the end to approach mashout temp. Lately I've heard on TBN some hints about what different mash thicknesses do for the beer (thick helps protien degradation, thin helps starch degradation?).

I'd appreciate an article describing in more detail what effect mash thickness has on various styles, types of grain, and how I can make a better determination of how thick a given mash should be based on something better than "because I always do it that way!"

[jamilz]

A bunch of great ideas so far.... at least from a couple of you guys.

[Push Eject]

Good question, Jamil, and thanks for asking for input.

I'm a gadget diy dude so any step-by-step project would interest me.

Your chiller is a good one, but maybe go more in depth on what effect the speed of chilling hot wort has on finished beer. What is too slow and conversely is there such a thing as chilling too fast. What is the fastest a homebrew can expect to chill 5 (or 10) gallons.

Charlie

[jamilz]

Thanks everyone. I'll try to do all of these, with the exception of the nipple pinching. I'll make a video of that.

[BigBadBrad]

Thanks everyone. I'll try to do all of these, with the exception of the nipple pinching. I'll make a video of that.

I've got a video camera you can use and I know Justin and JP already have the nipple clamps - I think they wear them during the Lunch Meet show.

Brad