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Who on earth would use a liquid syrup that need helps with grains to taste good in their beer.

You could get a distilling licence from the state and make ethanol for your car with it, but don't be drinking the ethanol you make because then it would be called moonshine.

I have an idea how to improve the taste of kit beer. Mix it with beer that has been brewed from all grain. "Don't drink the salesmen's Kool Aid." But in an effort to help answer your question, back in my kit brewing days, I divided a 5 gallon prehopped syrup brew 3 ways. One with a corn...

Mix it with beer you do like to drink.

Looking for incite in the ratio of malt to wheat in the grain bill for a hefeweizen. (Wikipedia states at least a 50/50 percentage.) That sounds a bit wheaty to my taste. Also looking for the total amount of grain for a 5 gallon brew. Any comments for White Labs, WLP300 Hefeweizen/ Ale...

Adding sugar, in the presence of yeast, will always trigger fermentation which = alcohol. Which = losing the essence you described. A fruit flavor without sweetness is not very appetizing. From the home brewing aspect, Fruit beer should be using low attenuation % yeasts (ability to eat...

Here we go again. Extract brewing mysteries. Its not your fault, but the quality of the ingredients. Ever wonder why these problems are rarely posted from all grain brewers.

This is like putting a band aid on and open wound. I have heard this question to many times in homebrewing, and feel so sorry that people will try to disguise the truth. Your only happiness will be found in all grain brewing. Brewing from the freshest ingredients as close to their purest form...

If you fall into one of the following demographics All Grain brewing is for you. If you fall under two, buy your equipment tomorrow. Unemployed, retiree, loner, dude without girlfriend, married guy, crazy, workaholic, crazy alcoholic, only hobby is making beer, 15,000 posts on this forum...

I have loosely corked secondarys and let me tell you that fermentation is never 100 % completely done because they always release a little pressure when I remove them. Yeast will never leave your beer unless you kill it chemically and filter it. So adding yeast when racking to the bottling...

I secondary because I never have the amount of empty bottles needed for bottling. When I do have the bottles I procrastinate, and am not always in the mood to do the bottling work. I also secondary because I need my fermenting vessel for my next brew. So my secondary fermentations are usually in...

Happy to see one making their beer from fresh all grain natural ingredients and not refined, preservative and additive added, canned commercially processed syrup. That has been chemically treated and filtered to provide a clearer product and less taste. A pleasure of drinking beer is knowing...

If your only quest in making Coors Light is looking for a recipe and ingredients only, I think you will have disappointing results. What you need to focus on is the processes used to make Coors Light. If your serious go out and find a Diatomaceous Earth filter somewhere. Most homebrewers...

Lies and Disney Land Wishes and Dreams like yours have no room in the brewing community. Conformist! He commented to my post and I was commenting to his. Let the Court of Popular Opinion be the Judge.

You can type all day until your fingers bleed. Get GOD himself to agree with you. But I will tell you NOBODY, and I mean NOBODY will ever convince me that a refined, canned, commercial food product is equal or better than a fresh ingredient. You forgot to mention the entry fees that are...

Anyone flying the extract flag must have a hand in selling it. I would pick out an extract beer in any blind taste test. Kool Aid Kits don't come close to brewing with fresh cracked grains and liquid yeast.

The smell sounds like Sulfur. Check out this link for off flavors or aromas: http://www.homebrewzone.com/sulfur.htm

Hydrometer readings of OG and FG is the only information that will answer your questions on alcohol. Also if you added enough water. In kit brewing the amount of water and amounts of sugar added would be a factor in a strong or weak brew. You have to factor that you lose water during the hops...