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Pumpkin beers: Discussion, developing recipes, tips tricks, and a good practices
I was planning my pumpkin beer, but I had planned on using canned pumpkin in the primary. I'm not concerned with getting OG from the pumpkin, I'll do that with grain. I want pumpkin flavor, and I don't just mean spices. I'll deal with the spices in the kettle. I was planning on a 10 gallon...- OFallonBrent
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- Forum: Recipes/Ingredients
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Old ingredients
Grain was stored in sealed bags in plastic bins at about an average of sixty degrees. The yeast is a combo of vial and smack packs. I am sure if I streak them and step them up everything will be okay with the yeast. Assuming the hops are not cheesy, I guess I'll just make a guess at the...- OFallonBrent
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- Forum: All Grain & Partial Mash Brewing
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Old ingredients
The hop age tool in beersmith uses a hop storage index (HSI) to calculate loss in bitterness. This HSI is user editable and the default number of 25% seems arbitrary to me. There is no explanation of how to know what the true HSI is.- OFallonBrent
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Old ingredients
I haven't brewed for about 5 years. After teaching a friend to brew recently I've decided to blow the dust off of my equipment and start brewing again. In addition to the equipment, I have tons of ingredients left from when I was brewing all the time. I have a large variety of hops that...- OFallonBrent
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