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Black specs in foam
I recently made a 10gal batch of ESB (which I have made many times). I took the following steps with this,
I fermented it in a 14gal stainless steel chapman pot for 2 weeks
Kegged it and tapped it to ...
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1st Time Banana Flavor
Wow...I just poured by first beer from a batch of Honey Cream Ale I brewed using BRY-97 West Coast Ale yeast. I kegged it a few days ago, and it is a pretty strong banana flavor.
I tried 6 oz or so ...
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First time wine maker
Good morning , I’m a first time wine maker and have a question about the wine I’m making , I made 4 gallons of scuppernong wine. I used 2 1/2 gallons of grapes, 2 gallons of water, 4 pounds of sugar ...
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Primitive wine making
I'm very interested in primitive wine, so I have crushed the (red) grapes and put them in a drum. I have been told that for the first fermentation I should remove the lid and the after few days (5-7) ...
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Why is it OK to pour the wort into the fermenter as opposed to siphoning it WRT aerating?
My brew instructions say "pour or siphon wort into sanitized fermenter". I've been skeptical of that because it would splash a bit going into a 5G bucket. Is aerating not a problem right ...
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How do I lower the alcohol content of my beer
I brewed from a kit and the beer is ready to bottle. The alcohol level is 7 and I would like between 4 and 5. I can't change the yeast or sugar content at this point. Could I just add water?
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First Infected Batch
I have been brewing in 5gals for years and have had no problems making this ESB. I have been using 5gal glass carboy's up until this point, and the Grainfather system.
We have never had an infected ...
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Can I carbonate at room temperature?
I recently brewed an ESB and this was the first time I keged it, attached to the CO2 and let it sit there for a few weeks. In the past I used to just put it in the keg, attach the CO2, shake the keg a ...
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How to *reduce* head retention?
The opposite of most head retention questions, I want to REDUCE head retention. Ideally to "none".
My goal is to make my existing recipe extremely fizzy (soda-pop levels of fizz) that doesn'...
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My corny keg with tap only dispenses foam!
I have a corny keg, 19 litres full of pleasant rosé garnacha that I made from a kit. The wine is nice, and it's carbonated in the corny keg to about 4.5 bar. (Obviously the head pressure goes down a ...
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If barley grains are too sprouted, how will this affect the beer?
I have 20 kilos of barley I placed on a wet large towel to germinate in order to obtain malt for beer. I let them too long and they sprouted too much[Look at the photos]. How will this long rootlets ...
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When malting barley is it necessary to remove the small roots that grow on the grains?
I'm new at making beer and I have some questions I couldn't find answers from in my beer-making book. One of them is why everyone I saw on YT tries to remove the roots that grows on the grain after ...
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Sweet(-ish) Tripel
So, I decided to make a Tripel. I've been brewing for decades, but haven't made a Tripel in about 15 years -- so it's not in my wheel house.
Anyhow, it was a smooth brewday, the stats are as follows.....
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Want to start making beer in my household. Where to start?
I want to start making beer at home, but I have no idea where to start. I want to mention that I'm a wine making novice, having some vines around my house, but with beer I have no experience. Well, I ...
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cold brew coffee ... cold brew wort
I love coffee.
I love it light(Blonde) and dark. I love it with creamer and (sugar-free) sweetener.
One kind of coffee I like is "cold brewed coffee".
Instead of steeping in boiling water ...
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