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Steep cracked grains in a muslin grain bag in 1 gallon 160°F water for 30 minutes. Remove grains from water (do not squeeze out the bag; let it drain until dripping slows), add 2 gallons cold filtered water.

Bring water to a boil. Remove from heat and add malt extract being careful to dissolve completely and not allow it to sink to the bottom of the pot where it can scorch. Bring to a boil, being careful to not let it boil over, which can create a sticky mess to clean up. Add bittering hops (those in recipes to be boiled for 60 minutes) in a muslin hop bag. Add flavor hops after the recipe-specified time (30-45 minutes) in another hop bag. Add aroma hops in another hop bag at the recipe specified time and continue boil to end. Turn off heat, remove and cover pot. Chill pot in sink full of cold water and/or ice batch until it reaches 70°F or less.

Add wort to a clean sanitized fermenter. Top up to five gallons with cold, filtered water. Close lid of fermenter and shake vigorously for three to five minutes to introduce air into the wort for the primary phase of yeast growth. Add pure yeast culture, and re-cover with lid. Place airlock in lid and place fermenter in a dark place at about 60-68F (depending on the yeast strain). Transfer to bottling bucket when complete, bottle, condition and enjoy.