Mash clarification and a few small beginner questions

[J A]

Longest and shortest posts ever!

And both conveying solid homebrew wisdom.

 

[jeffpn]

Yeah, but I must confess. I only read one of them in its entirety.

 

[J A]

Yeah, but I must confess. I only read one of them in its entirety.

You're doing yourself a disservice.

 

[jeffpn]

I'm doing fine.

I'll never claim to know more than members here, but I know what I need to know.

 

[J A]

but I know what I need to know.

I'm intrigued by the deeper process so I really tend to eat up the information that seems to be borne of experience with traditional methodology and the basic biology of brewing. I find it fascinating and @das alte seems to have a real grasp of the complexities.
Not that I can put most of it into practice, but as I muddle along I try to progress toward a better balance between my expedient hillbilly process and a more refined and complex way of doing things.
I'm confident that I'm brewing good beer but I still have plenty of room to grow in making good beer better.

 

[jeffpn]

I get what you're saying, but that's not where I'm at. I am not saying you shouldn't be intrigued. But I'm not. You're happy, I'm happy. We should swap beers sometime! I bet we'd both still be happy.