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    Spent grains whole grain bread

    This is a delicious bread - tastes vaguely of malted barley. Husks added a bulgar-like texture. Not unpleasant at all. Sponge: 4 oz rye flour 4 oz bread flour 8 oz water 1 tsp yeast Mix and let hydrate overnight or for 8-10 hours at room temp Bread dough 8 oz bread flour...
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    Spent grains whole grain bread

    delete first post - apologize
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    Christmas ale suggestions?

    Just starting to sketch a recipe for Christmas ale and am wondering what people think: (only 7 weeks to christmas so keeping the grain bill light) Looking for an IPA like beer, that doesn't need time to age, has christmas-sy like flavors (pine, orange, juniper, cinnamon, cloves, ) 8lb...
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    Cranberries

    Has anyone added fresh cranberries to their cider for the additional tannins? If so, how did you do it? How much did you add? Did you like the final product?
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    2011 Cider notes - Victory from the jaws of Defeat

    Well the second annual apple pressing party has come and gone. This time we had about 100 people. I ran one bushel through the grinder and the motor died. Could not be reset or restarted. ( See https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/homemade-grinder-press-193453/ and...
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    Advice for newbies

    I'm barely beyond newbie stage myself. 2 years ago I fermented some storebought organic juice with cider yeast and it turned out great. Last year I built a press and grinder and pressed about 25 gallons of juice. Fermented with safeale 05 and nottingham yeast. I backsweetened some with honey...
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    Makin' Bacon

    5 lb pork belly split into two pieces. 1 piece -kosher salt to cover 1/4 cup maple syrup Put it into a plastic bag and turn it every day for 6 days. 2nd piece - 2 tbl kosher salt 2 tbl brown sugar 1 tbl coarse black pepper...
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    BIAB Belgian Pale Ale (sort of)

    10 lb Belgian Pilsner 1 lb white wheat 1 lb Belgian Munich 1/2 lb Belgian Biscuit 2 oz torrified wheat 1 oz kent goldings @ 60 minutes 1 oz KG @ 15 minutes 1oz KG @ 1 minute whirlfloc @ 15 minutes Wyeast Ardens 3522 1.2 quarts water/lb grain (15 quarts) Dough in @ 160 F...
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    Would this work as a primary fermenter?

    Probably going to upsize my batch this fall again. :cross: Would this work? http://cgi.ebay.com/50-gallon-poly-water-storage-tank-tanks-vert-/380237519319?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5887ec19d7
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    (almost)SMaSH Sour Saison

    Stovetop all grain method I wanted to make a low alcohol, high flavor beer that was simple and I wanted to have some sour flavors contributed by Jolly Pumpkin. I wanted to make kind of a simple Fantome like beer. I took a 22 ounce bottle of Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaz and drank most of...
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    7-up clone (citrus soda)

    1 grapefruit 2 lemons 6 limes 1 - 1 1/2 cups sugar 5 cups water 1/4 tsp champagne yeast Sanitize your 2 liter plastic bottle, bowl and anything else you're going to use. Use organic fruit if possible. Wash the fruit carefully. Zest the peel. Put the zest into a saucepan with 1 cup...
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    KaBooom!! Cherry apple cider bombs

    5 gallons fresh pressed juice - 1/4 tsp metabisulfite - wait 24 hours, pitch hydrated safale us-05 wait about 10 days, rack onto 9 lb frozen cherries. Wait 10 days, rack into carboy, crystal clear, maybe "cold crashed" on the cherries? Wait 2 months. S.G. 1.000. Rack onto 2 lb honey - S.G...
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    Do you sulfite mead (cyser) when you bottle?

    Recipe: 4 gallons fresh pressed apple cider - sulfite 1/4 tsp metabisulfite /5 gallons 9 lbs honey - added about 1/2 gallon warm water to mix with the cider. Sweet mead yeast Step nutrient addition per Hightest OG 1.110 FG 1.004 Pitched onto 9 pounds frozen raspberries. Racked off the...
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    Not sure what it is, but

    Here's what I did with it: This is fresh pressed juice, sulfited, then fermented with safale beginning in November. Racked once from primary into better bottle. SG @1.000. Developed a white waxy looking film. Tasted the cider and it's very good even for this early in the process. So I...
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    How did this happen?

    I'm not complaining you understand. 5 gallons freshed pressed juice (ida red, golden russet, grimes golden and northern spy). sulphite then nottingham yeast 11/6/2010. After 10 days, racked onto 10 lbs tart cherries that were frozen during the summer. Cherries out about 10 days later...
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    Panil Barriquee

    Stunning beer. SWMBO does not like beer or bitter things but liked this beer. A most amazing beer. Seek this beer out. Travel to find it. Pay whatever you have to. It's that good.
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    Sour Saison recipe - what do you think?

    I want to use the easy stovetop all grain method. I made an american wheat with that method that was outstanding. Also, I like to keep it simple. Belgian 2 row - 7.5 lbs Belgian biscuit - 1 lb Belgian wheat - 1 lb 2 oz Styrian Golding at 60 min 1 oz Styrian Golding at 15 min Irish...
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    What is it?

    5 gallons fresh pressed apple juice 9 lbs honey Smack pack sweet mead yeast wait 3 weeks, then add 8 lbs fresh frozen raspberries from this summer. Cyser? Melomel? Raspberry cyser?
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    2010 cider notes

    My first batch is described here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/1st-batch-150988/ Since then things have kind of gotten out of hand:D. I built a press and grinder over the spring and summer : https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/homemade-grinder-press-193453/ I sourced 12 bushels of...
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