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Modern Wyeast vs Original vs XL
Am getting back into home brewing after a decade-plus hiatus. Call me "born again," at the risk of offending some (I hope none are).
When I started in the 1990's, the cultures from Wyeast ...
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Anvil Foundry 6.5 gallon recipe thickness causing compaction and stuck mashes
I am new to all grain brewing and am using an Anvil Foundry 6.5-gal electric brewing system.
I am trying to use Brewfather's award-winning Mean Brews English Mild recipe (see photos)
As you can see, ...
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What % of potassium sorbate, and or potassium benzoate do you need to add to a liquid solution, mixed with powders to keep yeast/mold from growing?
What % of potassium sorbate, and or potassium benzoate do you need to add to a liquid solution, mixing water with fruit powders to keep yeast/mold from growing?
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Does BIAB lead to more unwanted malt residue entering the boiler and does this affect final beer quality
Does BIAB lead to more unwanted malt residue entering the boiler as there is no recirculating of wort until it runs bright, prior to boiling, as during a traditional sparge, and does this affect final ...
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Sauerkraut with trace amount of detergent
I'm new to fermentation and I'm making my first sauerkraut. I have followed the basic instructions correctly but when I crushed the cabbage in order to get the water out, my hand had a little bit of ...
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Adding sugar for secondary fermentation?
My first go at wine making. My Red wine Og was 1.06 and primary fermentation final OG is 1.00. should i add more sugar for secondary fermentation?
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Creating a customizable high pressure extensions line for cga 580
So I'm trying to set up a keg on nitro. The way my room is laid out, id like to have the n2 cylinder far away from the regulator and keg. One side of this setup requires cga580 male, the other side ...
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First time cider is very tart and acidic, any fixes?
first time cider maker. I recently pressed cooking apples and elderberries into a cider mix, fermented in a bucket for a week with an air gap bung until the bubbles stopped and transferred to bottles ...
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Wine mash smells like moonshine after 7 days of fermentation, is that normal?
I am trying to make red wine for the first time, using grapes from my garden.
I rinsed the grapes, crushed them and poured them into a 15 l bucket, ending up with about 6 l of mash. I placed a lid ...
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Ginger beer fermentation produces thick, white foam, becomes viscous
I’m making a batch of ginger beer from a bug. 5l water, 400g white sugar.
Within just over a day, the fermentation started foaming heavily. The foam has a consistency and taste of egg whites beaten ...
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Cider not fermenting I may have caused a problem
Hello I am new to home brewing and think we may have made a mistake in the process.
We chopped and squezed our apples that gave us 17 litres of juice this is now in a fermenting bucket to this we ...
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Can I keep making mead from the same brew?
I have recently started making mead as a bit of a hobby to use up our honey supply. Making the mead has been quite a fun experience but I was wondering. Since your using yeast and feeding it sugars to ...
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Possibly off-topic: starter culture for sauerkraut?
I know I'm venturing somewhat off-topic here, but this is related to fermentation and lactic cultures, so there is at least some overlap with home brewing.
I'm about to try and make Sauerkraut. I ...
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2 year experiment
I put a harvest of green crab apples and water into a brew bucket and left it for 2 years. I heard that there were natural yeasts and of course there is natural sugar so I left it alone. I realized 2 ...
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Can adding too much yeast to my sugar wash mess up fermentation?
I am starting my own vodka with a 4 gallon sugar wash. I added 10 lb of sugar and a whole pack of turbo yeast (for a 5.5 gallon wash). I read a little bit that adding too much might make the ...
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