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• Posted in thread: Sparkling mead CO2 volume on 02-11-2013 at 03:16 AM
  Thanks. I went with 5 volumes. I wanted really fizzy for his one.

• Posted in thread: Sparkling mead CO2 volume on 02-09-2013 at 01:58 AM
  Hi,I will bottle a mead in two days. It is very dry and white wine like (0.098 when transferred
  to secondary after 2 months) I would like to make it as a sparkling wine/Champagne. I can't
  find the inf...

• Posted in thread: Ever brew with sugar maple sap? on 01-21-2013 at 06:03 PM
  I brewed a Northern English Brown Ale (recipe from Jamil's book) with maple sap that was passed
  through à reverse osmosis filter (concentrated about 3 times). The water was 1.020.I used it in
  the mash...

• Posted in thread: Advice on automated system for my brewing system on 08-08-2012 at 01:22 PM
  Hey,I just saw your system and I am planning on building a similar structure. How do you
  connect the propane tank to the top burner? Do you put the tank high or do you use a "extension
  tube" or someth...

• Posted in thread: soon-to-be exploding bottles on 03-04-2012 at 09:19 PM
  I had a similar mishap with a dunkelweizen: had added DME & dextrose (I ran out of dextrose
  and miscalculated the DME) to a carbonation level of over 5 volumes. After 4 days I placed all
  of the bottl...

• Posted in thread: soon-to-be exploding bottles on 03-04-2012 at 12:30 PM
  Hi guys!I have to admit it, I am dumb! I bottled a Fin du Monde Clone (belgian triple) today
  but when calculating my carbonation sugars I read the wrong line (DME instead ou dextrose) and
  I put too mu...

• Posted in thread: Why is lots of yeast even needed on 12-22-2011 at 03:58 PM
  If the yeast has to multiply a lot, it's going to be stressed and give a lot of off-flavors.
  And it will probably won't be strong enough to finish the job.

• Posted in thread: problems using a fridge/freezer as fermentation chamber? on 11-10-2011 at 08:34 PM
  An other difference between a chest freezer and a fridge is control on humidity. A refrigetator
  is built to stay dryer than a freezer.So, there is more chance for mold to grow in a chest
  freezer.

• Posted in thread: Some carbonated and some flat on 10-25-2011 at 07:50 PM
  Carbonation can vary with storing temperature. Did he put it right away in his fridge?

• Posted in thread: No Yeast, yet beer is fermenting on 10-07-2011 at 01:00 PM
  Ok this might be a long shot, but could the poster just reboil the beer for 10-20 minutes to
  knock out the wild yeast that has taken hold, then cool, aerate and repitch. I realize he is
  going to lose ...