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    help with kegging than bottling

    about a teaspoon.
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 27, 2011 in forum: Bottling/Kegging
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    Residual malt/sweetness

    I'm assuming you are using extracts instead of all grain, but to get a good sweet beer you need to steep some specialty grains when you boil......
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 26, 2011 in forum: Extract Brewing
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    help with kegging than bottling

    the best way would be to add a priming solution to all 5 gallons (after racking off of the yeast and trub). To make a priming solution: Boil 3/4...
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 26, 2011 in forum: Bottling/Kegging
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    Honey Lemon Wheat

    1.057 is what my brewzor app tells me!
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 26, 2011 in forum: Extract Brewing
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    Anyone want to make a map of homebrewers?

    there are a ton of home brewers... the map may get overcrowded... and I'm not sure of the benefit to mapping home brewers would be. Maybe a map...
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 26, 2011 in forum: General Chit Chat
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    Agave nectar

    Not sure how it tastes, but the last issue of Zymurgy had a recipe for "Pulqueza" hybrid agave beer, which sounded pretty good. the recipe was...
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 22, 2011 in forum: Recipes/Ingredients
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    Early transfer

    leaving the beer on the yeast for two weeks will allow the yeast to absorb the diacityl that it produced during the initial fermentation... if...
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 22, 2011 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    Kegging 101

    usually a day or two is enough for cold crashing.
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 22, 2011 in forum: Bottling/Kegging
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    Kegging 101

    cold crashing in the fermentor will allow you to remove more yeast and some suspended solids that cause haze before racking so if that is...
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 22, 2011 in forum: Bottling/Kegging
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    NE Grower - Maturity/Harvest problems

    The browning is a good sign that it is near picking time. The hop aroma should be at its strongest when the hop is ready to be picked. When you...
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 22, 2011 in forum: Hops Growing
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    Clearing

    I'm not sure if you are concerned with clarity or the fact that there are still yeast in solution. With a wheat ale you will likely have a haze...
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 22, 2011 in forum: Fermentation & Yeast
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    question about hydrometer readings

    Yes it would be 4.5% more dense than water. The hydrometer measures specific gravity, which is a ratio of the density of a substance (wort) to...
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 22, 2011 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    7 bbl brewpub questions

    I know that some of the suppliers will do the install for you or you can choose to have a custom system shipped to you. here is just one company...
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 21, 2011 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    New Carboy Sanitization Method

    what exactly is this guy using to produce that flame?
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 21, 2011 in forum: Equipment/Sanitation
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    Dry Hop trub issues...

    You might try putting a sanitized hop bag (have some spares sanitized for when the first one gets full) on the end of your racking cane/ pipe....
    Post by: CusterBrews, Jul 21, 2011 in forum: General Homebrew Discussion
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