Step up with steeping

[philm00x]

Looks like you're ready! Did you have the grains crushed? If not, you can probably take a rolling pin or something to do it. Maybe light pulse in a food processor.

LOL @ soup nazi. Ahh well. I guess that's one way to avoid confrontation, to have it ready for pickup.

[Ibasterd]

Yeah, I had them "cracked." It was an easy if not pleasant experience.

[RedBEERd]

hey guys. I have two Brew Demon kits on the way. A "Ye olde nut brown ale" and a "Hellfire deep red ale". They are both "plus" kits in that they come with two cans of HME. Thinking about stepping up and trying a grain steep. I have red some threads on it but would like some opinions and advice on what kind and how much grain for these particular kits.

As I understand it, I would add the specified amount of cracked grain (in a bag) to water (1 gal?) at between 150-170 degrees for 20-30 min. Then remove, drain, possibly squeeze bag. Then add the HME to this steeped water and add to LBK as usual?

Please advise borg!

I just did something like this yesterday for my wife....she likes Hefeweizens so I used a recipe I got from our former local brew supply store.......I used DME instead of LME, 1) because I find it has less of that 'extracty' taste and 2) because it makes for a little heavier bodied beer, at least to me. While I'm now doing all grain batches with beerlord, I sometimes want to have that little bit of flexibility I can get with the old mr beer Lbk's and also have a smaller batch to play with. I've used this recipe once before and it was very much like a hefe so I stuck with it.

3 lbs of Briess Bavarian Wheat DME, .25lb of Aromatic, .25 lb of Cara Pils and .25lb of White Wheat, 1 oz Liberty Pellet Hops for a 30 minute boil with Safbrew WB-06 yeast. I just steeped the grains at about 155 for 30 mins, did a full boil for 30 mins more, chilled it down to 70, pitched the yeast and in a matter of about 6 hours, she was up and running. And it should be ready about Christmas time or just before.