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    Highland Cold Mountain Ale Clone

    Alright so I'm embarking on my attempt to clone this great winter beer. There's not many other recipes posted online so I'm just guestimating the amounts. Highland's website gives you this much info about the brew: Grain - 2-Row Brewers Malt, Pilsen, Vienna, Chocolate, Wheat, Caramel 40...
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    Golden naked oats in lambic?

    I have some extra golden naked oats left over from my brett trois IPA that I was thinking about adding into the grain bill for a lambic. I'm opting out of using raw wheat/turbid mash and going with flaked wheat and a shorter mash schedule. My thinking is that the oats will will provide some...
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    Wyeast 3763 Roeselare shelf life

    I recently bought some 3763 that was manufactured on June 12. It've been keeping it in the fridge and it was also kept in one at the store. Is it still good to use?
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    Help with smoked porter recipe

    OG: 1.062 FG: 1.016 SRM: 35.3 IBU: 50.3 Yeast: ?? Boil Time: 60 min Efficiency: 75% 4 lbs Maris Otter (59.3%) 1.5 lbs Munich 10L (22.2%) 0.75 lbs Crystal 80L (11.1%) 0.5 lbs Chocolate malt (7.4%) 1 oz Willamette 5.5% AAU - boil 60 1 oz Willametta - boil 15 I plan on...
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    Help with water additions

    Alright, so I'm formulating the water profile for a Westy 12 clone that I'm brewing using the Brewer's Friend mash chem and water profile calculator. I'm using 8 lbs of belgian pilsner (3 gallon batch) for the decoction mash with rests at 129 (20min), 150 (90min), 170 (10min). Mash water: 3.85...
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    Need some opinions, got a fruit fly in my starter

    Aright so I have a 0.75 L starter going with wyeast 3787 trappist HG. I'll outline my process just to be thorough, so bear with me. -I submerged my gallon jug into a bucket of starsan for 5 min -I opened the lid on my cooled starter wort and poured it into the jug -covered with foil and...
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    Infected after bottling, what to do?

    Hey guys, I bottled up an IPA a little less than two weeks ago and have been keeping track of a thin film that has formed over the top of the beer in 3 out of 5 bottles and they're obviously infected. My question is what do I do now? It was a wheat IPA brewed with a little sweet orange peel...
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    First time harvesting yeast

    So i gathered the yeast from a 6 pack of Bell's and I am building up a stock for my next brew. My question is how much yeast I need to gather to ferment two gallons of ale at around 1.060? Also, I'm leaving on a week long vacation tomorrow morning. Should I just throw the jar in the fridge...
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    First batch brewed was a success!

    Hey guys figured why not show some pictures of my first batch, witch was an American pale ale. It turned out great, and I already have my next batch fermenting.
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    Brewing my first batch, quick question

    Alright guys so I received a 1 gallon brew kit from Craftabrew.com (the American Pale Ale) for my birthday recently and brewed it last Saturday afternoon and have been keeping a close eye on it since then. Everything went well with the brew and I don't believe I did anything wrong as I had a...
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