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[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

my problem is there is no home brew store within 150KM so from the sounds of it Uncle Bens Instant rice it will be and I have to brew tomorrow as my aunts wedding will be on the 23 of july which gives me 13 days it will be a very very young beer but fresh and hope everyone likes it thanks guys your great as always !!! Im also going to be going with S-04 yeast as its a quick finisher

what's the price diff between instant and regular rice?

[Jimmy James]

I remember a thread about beers with rice and head retention issues - I think maybe George had started it? Just curious George if you ever got to the bottom of that. Was it the instant rice after all or something else causing the head to collapse?

[BrewerGeorge]

I remember a thread about beers with rice and head retention issues - I think maybe George had started it? Just curious George if you ever got to the bottom of that. Was it the instant rice after all or something else causing the head to collapse?

It wasn't head retention, but the head clotting up. (I can't believe you remember that; I'd forgotten.) I never did figure it out, just drank it up. That was the last time I used minute rice, though.

[nbbeerguy]

Head Clotting up could you describe that a bit further

[Deerslyr]

It wasn't head retention, but the head clotting up. (I can't believe you remember that; I'd forgotten.) I never did figure it out, just drank it up. That was the last time I used minute rice, though.

Head Clotting up could you describe that a bit further

I thought you posted pictures... can someone link back to the thread?

[BrewerGeorge]

I think I deleted the pic...Clotting is the head gathered together in little islands of foam with beer visible between them. Foam ring around the outside with islands in the middle. Islands about the size of dimes.

[toonces]

I've used minute rice without even precooking. Ground it to polenta-sized flour in the blender and added it to the grist like any other grain.As Deerslyr says, you will have to precook whole grain rice. Pressure cooker or crock pot is easiest.

this.

One last point..... Every batch I've used rice in requires gelatin to clear it up. I have yet to make a beer made with rice that wasn't cloudy.

i've never had problems past filtering.good to see you again, weave.

[Brewski]

Well, like I said in my first post, I started by accident cause we had 5# and no one was going to eat it, so I tried brewing with it. It worked.And we always seem to have some around, and yeah, it's cheap when you buy 5# at a time. Other point, you can't get flaked brown rice, and it does give you some flavor in lighter ales.Minor detail, I work at home, so the extra mash steps aren't that big of a hassle.Got one going right now.