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I have begun to enjoy beers that are labled blonde, but don't know what it really means. Can anyone tell me what the criteria is in english rather than numbers?

Thanks,
Rusti

I usually find the instructions for grains not very clear. The reason I liked your method is it was very simple and clear. What exactly is your steeping method?

Thanks,
Rusti

You previously posted these instrutctions:

Quick-and-Dirty Partial Mashing

1. Add grains to ~1/2 gallon of water (3/4 for Creamy Stout, Marzen, King Kongs) and raise the temperature to anywhere between 150-158

I am about to try a steam beer that uses 80L Crystal as the only specialty grain (the other ingredients are 6 lbs of extract and hops), would your technique work for this recipe?

Thanks,
Rusti

I have recently moved to a new apartment with a basement, but have come to find out it's not a constant temperature. I have had trouble controling the temp on my beers and feel this is the last thing I must conquer before brewing good beer. What are the pro's doing to control the temp? I was wonderi...

I have been trying to find a sierra nevada clone for a couple of weeks now. I saw your celebration clone on the recipies, is that the same as the sierra nevada pale ale?

I have recently found a great american wheat beer, Boulevard Wheat from the Kansas City brewery. I think it is a great tasting beer. I have tried twice to make a wheat beer homebrew and both times the brew was very heavy. I am trying to produce a smooth, lightish tasting wheat similar to the bouleva...

Ah, upon further inspection it is bohemian lager yeast. Sorry, about that. I will give it a try. Should i use any cali common beer recipe and just switch the yeasts?

Anyone heard of a Sierra Nevada pale ale clone?

I was at the chicago beer convention last month and recieved a few samples of WyEast, and am wondering how to use them, maybe you guys could help? I realy like California Steam beer. I have received a belgian lager yeast, and am wondering if this would taste OK? I don't have the capacity to brew lag...

If I aerate the wort as i fill the primary, how long is too long to leave it sitting before pitching the yeast? Should it be soon to stop whatever may grow on the oxygen? I'm sure best case senario would be directly after, but am just curious if aerated wort is in danger until yeast is pitched?

I have recently purchased a 6.5 gallon carboy for my primary fermenter and was explaining to my wife why I needed it and came upon a question. How do I aerate the beer once it is in the carboy with out using fancy equiptment? She says that I should put the wort in a bucket for eight hours after pitc...

Thanks guys, you have given me a great place to start thinking about this.

Wouldy

I have a local microbrewery and have heard of people using a yeast slurry obtained from them in their homebrew. I would like to look into the possibility of doing this, can anyone give me some advice? I haven't approached them and would like to know what exactly to ask for, i.e. 2 cups of slurry? I ...

Thanks for the advice! Yes, there were aditional instructions, and because I am a man (so my wife says) I prudently didn't read them and tried to use the instructions from the Joy of Homebrewing. I had not read anything yet saying that putting the extract in a fermenter and adding boiled water was t...

I hope to learn from my mistakes. I posted before about my yeast not working for a few days. Well after about three days, the yeast was merily bubbling along, and I soon racked the beer in the secondary fermenter. Now I used John Bull wheat can, the packet of yeast that came with, and 1 kilo of dry ...