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    Joe's Ancient Orange Mead

    I used Fleishmann’s bread yeast. I never thought about too hot of fermentation. Do others ferment in an ice bucket or ferm chamber similar to beer?
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    Joe's Ancient Orange Mead

    So I made a couple batches of this back in 2012. The first one smelled good but tasted like rocket fuel so after a while I threw it out (I think, it might be in bottles somewhere). After playing around in my basement I noticed the second batch still sitting there so I figured what the heck...
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    Help - Pours are all foam

    Got around to taking a look at the o-ring on my dip tube and not only did I notice that the poppet wasn't seated correctly, but I didn't even have an o-ring on it in the first place. Somehow I forgot to put one on. So hopefully that explains the excessive foaming. We'll see in a few days.
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    Help - Pours are all foam

    I guess it could be I just figured since it tasted completely normal that it wasn't. If it's overcarbed then it has to be an issue with my regulator which I really hope isn't the case.
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    Help - Pours are all foam

    @juanmoore - just checked and there are air pockets throughout the line. The beer definitely doesn't seem over carbed though, so I'll take it out and replace the o-ring on the dip tube. Thanks! Though I think by the time I figure this out I will have kicked the keg.
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    Help - Pours are all foam

    Sorry guys, I've made two posts now and neither came through. FG = 1.007 I've decarbed and recarbed and same issue existed. I have a beer that will be ready in one week so i'll connect that and see if it's an issue with my beer or key. if I have something lodged in my dip tube, can I...
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    Help - Pours are all foam

    Looking for suggestions on what could be causing my keg pours to be nothing but foam. I've kegged around 20 beers without any issues until this one. My line is close to 10 ft, PSI is 12, temp around 42 degrees. It's a normal brown ale. Force carbed, no added sugar. Cannot figure out what is...
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    How to make a yeast starter - Pictorial

    Can someone tell me how soon is too soon to pitch a starter? I made a starter last night and plan to brew this morning. Is that too quick of a turnaround to pitch it? Should I wait at least 24 hours? Thanks!
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    Fruit Beer Lemon-Lime Hefe Weizen

    You mind posting your results when they come in? It seems like there have been a lot of people brewing the extract recipe lately but I couldn't find any reviews.
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    Fermenting a Steam beer with w34/70

    Thanks for the info. That's an interesting fermentation schedule. I've tried to research steam beers and I haven't found a common theme on the exact fermentation schedules like I have for some beers like a Kolsch and an Altbier. Right now it is set at 60 so maybe I'll just keep it at that for...
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    Fermenting a Steam beer with w34/70

    Does anyone know the proper fermentation procedures for fermenting a steam beer with w34/70? I have a fermentation chamber so I can ferment it at whatever is necessary but after researching I couldn't find anything on how to ferment a steam beer with this yeast. Any help would be appreciated.
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    ebay aquarium temp controller build

    I could totally be wrong but I would think a bunch of tiny holes in the paint can would provide minimal light and wouldn't be enough to affect the fermentation (I ferment primarily in buckets). Add in the fact that the light only comes on when heating and it'd be even less. The can definitely...
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    ebay aquarium temp controller build

    Here are my pics for my heating source. The only thing left is to switch out the outlet on my temp controller to GFCI. I'm wondering whether it would make sense to poke a bunch of tiny holes to let some of the heat escape the paint can?
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    ebay aquarium temp controller build

    Thanks for the info.
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    ebay aquarium temp controller build

    I'm sure this has been asked before but I couldnt find much in the way of a definitive answer. For those of you using a light bulb in a paint can as a heating source, is that method safe? I bought the stuff to make this and then started to question whether this is safe since there will be...
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