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I ended up salvaging two brews out of this by adding small amounts of this grain to the the appropriate amounts of base malt. Hopped them slightly differently and fermented with different yeasts. Both were tasting okay going into the bottle. I tried one of the first batch last night... I think...

It would have to be pretty damn good before I'd follow any recipe that includes the direction. "Bite tongue near in half"!

Don't know if it's the same method as Dan2 but this is the one I use with great success. http://seancoates.com/blogs/berliner-weisse I also go for the full sour mash and don't bother with the CO2

Ah, of course, it is basically the same as no chill. I was thinking of taking it to post-mash, not post-boil. The only other issue I can think of there is that with such a low % of base malt there would be a deficiency of diastatic enzymes so could end up with a lot of unfermentables. Would a...

Like a fresh wort pack? Could work, though I'm not sure that that would store any better than the cracked grain.

And to confuse the issue I made the same error with 3 of the 4 grain types and ordered a second bag at the same time with no errors. I can see why they assumed I knew what I was doing.

A mill is the next thing on the list. Though ordering only when sober would also help.

Hey Scottsrx, A good idea, but wrangling 35kg of grain without a car might be a bit of a challenge. And I'm probably too lazy to arrange postage. At this point I'm thinking I might just order 2 bags of 3.45kg Ale malt to give me two batches that I can add 1.2kg lots of the current mix to get...

That's not a bad idea. I'd like to at least get a couple of brews out of my stuff up.

No question from the shop, which I was a little surprised about. They are usually very on top of things.

That's a lot of Black IPA... I think your are probably right. May just have to cut my loses.

MIxed.

Thanks to some foolish decimal point misplacement I've ended up with large sack of cracked grain that I'm not sure what to do with. I was planning on brewing a scaled down version of the 62 Black IPA, but instead of ordering 3.8kg JW Ale Malt and .270kg each of Caraamber,Munich and Chocolate...

Haven't tried the IPA but their lager pops up in a few venues around Melbourne. A bit of a nothing beer really.Okay if the alternatives are your standard macro lagers. They were bought by Independent Distillers (Asahi) last year. As far as I can tell it was a "craft" brand that was built up...

As long as it's "wort tight" I guess...

Well, it makes me feel better about how lazy I am with regards to trub.

Did it cause a spontaneous lupulin threshold shift?

I'd be furious if someone hooked Tui up to my taps.

Definitely this. Discovered my thermometer was dodgy during my last brew. Looking like ending up with a very sweet red ale after mashing at a random temp.

Ooh, can we pop the word "Artisanal" in there somewhere too? I only make Hand Crafted Home Made Artisanal Craft Malt Beverages