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  1. Z

    Will I smell/taste cola in my beer from keg?

    That's the weird part, I smelled them after I cleaned them and they smelled fine.
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    Will I smell/taste cola in my beer from keg?

    I bought some used kegs and thought I had them cleaned and odor free. I racked a beer into one of them tonight and realized once it was to late that you could smell some cola odor in them. What are the chances this will carry through to the beer?
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    Mash PH, how low is too low?

    I miss calculated my acid addition and the mash PH was at 5.02, by the end of the rest it was 5.12. Is this too low? I usually shoot for 5.1-5.3 on my pale beers. So i'm not far off but I'm a little concerned.
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    Starter foamed over, add yeast?

    What I lost was thick yeasty stuff. Not just liquid/foam. I need to pitch today, I don't have time to make another starter.
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    Starter foamed over, add yeast?

    My starter foamed over last night and I lost some good yeast. It's an english top cropping strain so a lot of the good yeast was pushed out the top. Should I just buy another smack pack and pitch it with the starter? Would that be considered over pitching? Thanks, Zach
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    OG affect on IBU's

    I overshot my OG today because I boiled off more than I anticipated. Will this affect the IBU's in the finished beer? I was shooting for 1.056 and ended up with 1.062. Thanks, Zach
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    Low on DME, starter size?

    The package date was a month ago. I think I'm going to run to the store and get another smack pack. That should give me enough.
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    Low on DME, starter size?

    Is it worth it to drive to the home-brew shop and buy another smack pack to throw in the fermenter?
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    Low on DME, starter size?

    Any other opinions before I pitch this today?
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    Low on DME, starter size?

    Anyone?
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    Low on DME, starter size?

    I'm brewing an ESB tomorrow. It's OG is 1.053. I was going to make a 1L starter but I was low on DME, so I made a 600ml starter instead 60grams DME/600ml of water. Will this be enough? The yeast is London ESB by Wyeast and it was manufactured less than a month ago. Thanks, Zach
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    Stout drying out mouth.

    I'm sorry I meant I added 173F to the mash, it would have been around 168F in the actually mash tun. I batch sparged and the PH was 5.5
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    Stout drying out mouth.

    I mashed at 158F and sparged around 173F.
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    Stout drying out mouth.

    Has anyone had experience with a stout drying their mouth out? It's not a dry stout. It finished at 1.022 but leaves you with cottonmouth in the aftertaste?
  15. Z

    Cold brew coffee amount

    I have a stout that I'm going to keg tomorrow. I have 5oz of coffee beans cold brewing in 2 cups of water in a french press. How much of this should I add to a 5 gallon batch? Thanks, Zach
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