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So I'm looking to get some more professional supplies, and I've been eyeballing these "cubitainers" and "Bags in a box"

The cubitainers would be a benefit, because I could:
-brew a batch
-leave it in the primary fermenting container for 10/14 days
-siphon out the brew into the second fermentation ...

I am also considering using ginger, as it has high quantities of alpha-amylaze. It will definitely mess with the flavors of the brew, but I do like x-mas ales. I just have no idea how much I would need to add to the mash.

I have ground malt that I bought from natural foods shop that seems somewhat toasted, and have no way of knowing what kind of malt it is. It is probably a denatured malt, but suppose I wanted to use this malt to make a mash, could I add an enzyme (such as alpha galactosidase, which you can get from ...

Some friends and I are going to try our first homebrew, and we wanted to know if this recipe sounded correct:

-Bring 7 liters of water to a boil in a stainless steel pot.

-add 1.5 kilograms of malt extract and 15 grams of hops at the start of the boil, and 15 grams of hops 15 minutes from the ...