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    Using whole hops for the first time. What do I do differently?

    I am sure I have to use more than pellet, but how much more? Any do I do anything else differently?
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    Priming with Maple syrup (help?/advice)

    I am making 2 batches of Christmas beer and was planning on priming a "reserve" batch with Maple syrup. Has anyone primed with it? From reading "How to brew" I would get more Maple Flavor with "Grade B"...right? When I actually make my priming solution, I would boil the syrup in...
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    Dry hopping a barleywine I just transferred on to wood chips. Good idea or bad?

    I have a 1/2 ounce of cascade hop pellets left over from last weekend. I just transferred an 11% barley on to pinot soaked oak chips. Would pouring the pellets in the carboy cause any harm?
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    How to use Maltodextrin??

    I searched the forum for this and found most I am going to be using this for the first time next weekend. Making a barley wine. I know nothing about the stuff. I grabbed an lb from my LHBS(Forgot to ask about use when another question came up), I am 5 gallon extra batching. I have seen...
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    Saucepan for grain steeping?

    It seems the more I read they say you should only use less than a gallon of pound for steeping grain. Would it make sense to buy a dedicated sauce pan for only steeping and get my water heated up for the extract addition while the grain steeps?
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    I was about to transfer and realize the water line is only at 4 gallons

    Should I just transfer it? Sterile a measuring cup and add a gallon of water and transfer later?
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    Shelf life of an extract kit?

    I was thinking of buying three kits from Northern Brewer and buying my yeast at my local brewshop. How long will the grain and extract stay fresh?
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    HELP! 24 hours into fermantation and it's bubbling up out of the bucket

    Airlock got jammed and I clean but the bucket is still bulging and foam just re-entered the airlock. how do I fix this?
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    Need help making my own copy extract recipe

    My favorite beer ever was the Pintail Ale from Bridgeport. I asked Bridgeport for the recipe and they said they don't give out recipes but told me So.... will my local Homebrew Supply store likely carry Munich Malt? I am assuming that the Ahtanum hops would go in at the 60 minute mark...
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    I want to raise the alcohol content in a Scotch Ale

    Would I just buy the large brown sugar chunks from my brewstore? The kit is 5.7% and I want it somewhere around 7 - 9%. Would the downside of doing this be that my beer would be a little less complex and those caramel notes would be a bit harder to find?
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    Removing commercial brewery labels(my suggestion and yours)

    This has been a thorn in my side. I have been soaking bottles in a bucket and them scraping/scrubbing them off with the backside of a sponge. I took other posters advice about cleaning equipment with Oxyclean free(thank you guys for this). I noticed one bottle had some weird haze in it, so I...
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    Strong Ale has been in primary fermentation for a week and it's still bubbling

    Should I transfer to secondary fermentation or just let it ferment until the airlock stops bubbling? The bubbling has slowed down to about 33% of what it was doing on days 2 and 3. I don't know what facts matter but this is a 9.2 abv I didn't want to take the airlock off to take a reading...
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    Adding Nutmeg to beer

    I am new to homebrewing, I have only done extract kits and just finished a Christmas Beer. I think that nutmeg would take it to the next level. It's a Belgian strong and the spice pack it came with had Coriander and sweet orange peel chunks in it. Would the best way to add nutmeg flavor be...
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