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Ideas to try:

- mini-mash with spaghetti colander
  prepare a pot with:
	1.25 quarts of water per pound of grain
  add the grains and let stand.
  strain grains through a spaghetti colander into the brew pot.
  sparge grains with:
	1.5 quarts of water per pound of grain

- to help make lighter colored beers try lowering the wort pH before
  the boil.  (see Designing Great Beers, p 52.)  for more information about
  estimating and adjusting pH see Designing Great Beers, p66, 67, and 71.

- Boil Scotch Ale longer.  this will cause more of the sugar in the
  malt to caramelize.  (see Designing Great Beers, p 57)  perhaps it
  will even help break down more sugars to get the final gravity down
  further?

- for IPA, Hops added at 60, 15, 10, 5 MBEOB.
  Try: Cascade, Crystal, Liberty, East Kent Goldings

- when using above 3 lb of grains for a mini-mash, split the grains across
  two bags.  this should help extract more sugar from the grains when
  dipping.

- a SG measurement takes about 5 oz of liquid

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Abbreviations:

ABS	Add before steeping
ABV	Alcohol by volume
BEOB	Before the end of boil
FG	Final Gravity
GU	Gravity Units
MBEOB	Minutes before the end of boil
MME	Maximum Malt Efficiency (an estimate)
NA	Not Applicable
OG	Original Gravity
SOB	Start of Boil

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