Hi All,
I've been reading on here for a little while, but this is the first time I've felt the need to post.
I'm a new but enthusiastic brewer: I did 3 kits and have just moved up to all grain brewing - done 2 brews so far (1 American Wheat Ale, bottle conditioning, and an another madly hoppy low abv number in FV) and am gearing up for the next (an oatmeal stout). I've been following James Morton's 'Brew' book (which I've found really helpful) so am doing BIAB, on small set up (14 Litre pot on the stove, brewing up 10L batches).
I've been given Charlie Papazian's 'Home Brewer's Companion' by an American in law and stumbled across his 'Unspoken Passion Imperial Raspberry Stout'. It sounds great for a special Christmas brew, but I'm curious to find if anyone's ever done it? How did it go?
The recipe uses extract, so that's new to me - but he combines it with a mash. I'm curious about the mash time. I've been mashing for an hour, but in this recipe the mash is only 30 mins, then the grains come out and it's boiled with extract. He doesn't seem to explain this step - any idea what's going on? Is 30 mins mash enough?
Any help appreciated!
Thanks,
Tim
I've been reading on here for a little while, but this is the first time I've felt the need to post.
I'm a new but enthusiastic brewer: I did 3 kits and have just moved up to all grain brewing - done 2 brews so far (1 American Wheat Ale, bottle conditioning, and an another madly hoppy low abv number in FV) and am gearing up for the next (an oatmeal stout). I've been following James Morton's 'Brew' book (which I've found really helpful) so am doing BIAB, on small set up (14 Litre pot on the stove, brewing up 10L batches).
I've been given Charlie Papazian's 'Home Brewer's Companion' by an American in law and stumbled across his 'Unspoken Passion Imperial Raspberry Stout'. It sounds great for a special Christmas brew, but I'm curious to find if anyone's ever done it? How did it go?
The recipe uses extract, so that's new to me - but he combines it with a mash. I'm curious about the mash time. I've been mashing for an hour, but in this recipe the mash is only 30 mins, then the grains come out and it's boiled with extract. He doesn't seem to explain this step - any idea what's going on? Is 30 mins mash enough?
Any help appreciated!
Thanks,
Tim