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My family has a cabin in CO at 9,500 feet. There is a great spring up the road where we get our water, and the cabin has a basement that is in the low 50's in the summer and never gets below 34 in the winter. I had an idea to brew a lager in July, bottle it late August and we would have brew...

I just got back from Frankfurt and drank Apfelwein (or Ebbelwoi as the Frankfurters call it). It is served in a grey stoneware pitcher and then poured into a .5l glass. The wein is not carbonated, but rather the glass is topped off with about a 1/4 inch of sparkling water. Very refreshing on a...

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I have a recipe that calls for 1.5 pounds of 30L crystal malt. My brew store doesn't have 30L, but mixed 10L and 20L-.75 pounds each. I got to thinking shouldn't that be averaged rather than added. Would .75 lbs 50L and .75 lbs 10 L average to 30 L, or the same weights of 20L and 40L? I am...

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So, I made a kegerator and it holds 2 cornys. I rinsed my kegs well and filled them, carbonated them a 15 PSI for 1 week. Tapped it today. The first one, a Black Butte Porter clone was OK but very cloudy (wasn't when I racked it in the keg) and the second, an american style ale, tasted like...

I just brewed a great Alaskan Amber clone. Perfect creamy head and residual carbonation. I used DME to prime the bottles. I am thinking of going to a kegging system, with forced carbonation instead of priming. Will I get the same quality of carbonation and head if I do this?