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    Long boiling technique

    I like to do a very long boil on my next imperial porter brew. A boil time for at least 3 hours. Should I mash/sparge a larger volymenand cook it down to right OG or mash as normal and compensate the boiloff with water? Cheers
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    Fermentation temperature inside fermenter

    I have never really logged the temperature of the fermenting beer inside the fermenter before. And it really surprized me how much higher it was during high krausen. Almost 5 degrees celcius. I use to adjust the temp in fridge to right fermenting temp. But now I understan that I have to get an...
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    Ferment underpressure in sanke keg

    Hi, The last few brews I did ferment under pressure in 0.4 bar or 5.8psi. In the end of the fermentation after about a week depending on the mash temp and FG I adjust the pressure to around 1.5. Let it sit and build pressure and when stable I chill the beer and move it to corny. The beer never...
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    Mash time in high temperature?

    H all! Do i need to increase the mash time to get higher mash eficiency when mashing on temperatures like 68-69 degrees celcius? I usually mash around 65 degrees, but this time I wanted a really fullbodied porter with high OG and an FG around 1.020. I found out that Mr eficiency was maybe 10%...
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    Adjustable rackingcane on sanke fermenter

    Hi, I use a 15.5 gal sanke keg as fermentor and have a 2"triclamp end encloseure with welded cornykeg balllocks. When I rack my fermented beer to a clean keg i would like to start racking from the top of fermentor. In other words i could like an adjustable type of compression fitting. I rack...
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    1liter(o.26gal) starsan in my 20 liter batch :(

    Yes I was stuped enough to forget to remove my blowofftube from fermenter when coldcrashing after dryhopping. When I did rack it to my cornykeg last night I discovered that the pet bottle was empty and there had been 1liter of starsan during fermentation. The IPA tasted ok nice and fruity. I...
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    Corelius lid on sanke keg

    I would like to take a hole in the geg to insert ann cornelius keg lid and use this keg as fermentor. You thing im able to get a tight seal when the top of the keg has this star like pattern? Good ideas are welcome:)
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    Boilcoil with voltage regulator

    Hi, I was thinking about getting a voltage regulator from ebay to lower the voltage sp the effect would be about 3800W from 5000W. Will this be bad for the boilcoil element and evebtually break it? Yes I know there is a 3750w version but the size of it is too small for my kettle Cheers
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    oily mouthfeel "trappist"

    I recently brewed a trappist style beer with pilsner 13% weat malt 32% and pale ale malt about 39 % and some speacial b and 500g of candy sugar. OG=1.080 fermentation(wyeast 3787) around 19-20 degrees celsius was starting explosevly obout 12 hour after pitch. and fermenting for 3 weeks very...
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    dark bread in mash?

    hi all! I was thinking about making a porter and put a local dark brad with a bit of sweetness into the mash. I think it could make the porter a bit special. I will use Thomas Fawcet maris otter pale ale, brown malt, chocolade malt and dark malt and some crystalmalt. is the use of bread a...
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    Hi from Finland

    Hello all! In a brewer in Finland. Brewing since 2007. Build my own electric HERMS 50 L system, but since i got 2 kids i switc to 50 L BIAB system to reduca brewtime by 50%. I was wondering if someone could help me out. I want to buy some cornelius keg weldable nipples and some with 1/4" i...
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    Regulator for nitrogen gas?

    Hi! Im thinking about getting an nitrogen gas tube for my stouts. I se there is different gas regulators for nitrogen, but i also heard that a normal co2 regulator would work if the valvehead thread is the same as on regulator. Can anyone confirm these "facts"?! Thanks!!
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    Too high FG problem

    Im using an HERMS 25Liter brewing system I have built myself. And i think ever since switching To this system i ended up with beers with high final gravity. I usually end up with 1.020 after the fermentation. A porter or brown ale i think that kind of FG gives it the right body but with Pale...
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    How much does a starter increase yeastcell amount?

    Hi, I usually make a starter on 2liter and 200g DME. How much does it actually increase the yeastcell amound from a whyest smackpack?
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    Adding yeast to get lower FG

    I usually get a FG around 1.020 and would like to get a bit lower. I think my problem is ti few yeast cells for the gravity of the vort. Would adding yeast in the end of the firmentation get me a lower FG or would ig be just the same? Cheers!
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    Pid syl-2352 problem

    HI, I dont get my syl-2352(auberins) and TC K100M probe(http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20_3&products_id=165),SSR 25A to work properly. Everything should be connected the right way. Problem is i can get the the temp to stay at the set "sv" value 65 degrees...
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    Electric Herms mashing method

    hi, I´m building and fine tuning my electric HERMS system and i do need to ask how you guys are doing your mash. I found out that when I mash in at around 122 F(50C) and want to heat up to mash temp to 150f (66C) by running the wort through a 5meter,10mm diameter copper coil in side an HLT...
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    heat stick placement?

    hi, I´m building a electric system and I´m about to put a 3KW heat stick into my HLT. I wondering how far from the bottom the optimal placement would be. I was thinking about 5 cm/1,9inch from the bottom of the vessel. would that be ok cheers
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    igloo beverage cooler. heat capacity

    I see that many brewers use teh igloo beverage coolers as mashtun. Im thinking about getting a 10gallion(yellow and red) for myself. but efter reading on the sellers page on ebay that it can have max. 60 degrees celsius fluids inside. mashing goes up to 70-80 degrees in the end. Is this a...
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