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Extract Brewing
Extract is a great way to simplify the process, learn to focus on the important stuff, and allow people to brew who just don't have time to go all-grain. I spend 6-8 hours sometimes brewing all-grain, I started extract though and made great beer. Make some batches of great extract and then if you have the time and money jump to all-grain.
i changed my mind i'm going for a Steam style, found a recipe calls for crystal malt, when i order that do i get it milled or not, also when brewing with it, it would go into a hop bag, right?
There's the question we all face when brewing our own recipes! Well, for me, not being a "hop Head" I tend to go a little lighter than most. I like a good "base" bittering hop but, mostly I want aroma to hit you up-side the head with an amber. The last one I made had Zeus\Columbus at 40 minutes of boil and cascade at 10 minutes. 1/2 oz and 1 oz respectivly. You might want to go with more traditional hops in this case. Like Target for bittering and a Spalt for aroma. The choices are up to you and what YOU want it to taste like. If your going to make it a high gravity brew, use a little more bittering hop to off-set the higher malt content. Dry hopping in the secondary works real well too!
Prost!
Dan
yummmy Spalt and Target. 
Dry Hopping? please explain, is it effective? more for flavor or aroma or both?
also from my previous post:
changed my mind i'm going for a Steam style, found a recipe calls for crystal malt, when i order that do i get it milled or not, also when brewing with it, it would go into a hop bag, right?
If you don't have a mill get it milled, otherwise it's no good to you. Yes, it should go into a hop bag, you don't want bits of grain floating around in the boil.
Dry hopping is good for aroma, fill a bag and weigh it down, let the hops sit in the fermenter (after primary is at least 75% complete) for 3-10 days.
Does it make a difference if its pellet or leaf?
I have dry hopped with both pellet and leaf. I prefer leaf for dry hopping, but it shouldn't matter.
BrewLuva wrote:
Dry Hopping? please explain, is it effective? more for flavor or aroma or both?
also from my previous post:
changed my mind i'm going for a Steam style, found a recipe calls for crystal malt, when i order that do i get it milled or not, also when brewing with it, it would go into a hop bag, right?
You might try starting a new thread specifically around your recipe.
Get the grains milled unless you have a grain mill to do it yourself. If you are steeping you can either use something like a hop bag or a muslin (cheesecloth) bag. I use the latter if I'm steeping.
Dry hopping, is actually the opposite of what it says...the hops will be very wet, ha. If you want to dry hop, after you primary ferment and just before you rack into secondary, throw an ounce of hops into a hop bag or a muslin bag and drop it in the carboy and rack the beer on top of it. There you go, dry hopping, simply as that. Adds aroma only. To get anything other than aroma you'd have to boil the hops.
DT
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