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If I still desire a clearer beer and want to filter it, how can I so this? What filtration method is effective? Sent from my DROIDX using Home Brew Talk

This is a tool that everyone should have. It measures the specific gravity of the beer. This is important when you are trying to figure out what the beer alcohol content is our weather the beer is done firmenting or not. Sent from my DROIDX using Home Brew Talk

It was brewed before Christmas. I think around the 22nd, but I would have to look at my notes. It was in primary for about three weeks then I moved it to the secondary and added the fruit. So it probably has been in there for 6 weeks. I'm thinking it might just be cloudy, I don't want to start...

How do I clear up a cloudy beer? It is a berry wheat and I haven't bottled yet, but am planning to do so tomorrow. I took a sample today to taste and it is decent, high alcohol content, you can taste it a bit, but the beer is so cloudy. How can I clear it up? I heard somewhere about pectin or...

After calling the local home brew store, I decided to skip the orange since it adds a lot of acid and changes the ph quite a bit, according to HBS. So I just added mixed berries, mostly blueberries with some raspberries and blackberries. I also shipped the cinnamon, if I want to I will just add...

I brewed a batch of wheat beer about three weeks ago and I'm ready to move it to secondary and add my fruit. I was originally going to go with raspberry but decided to go with blueberry orange and think I might add some cinnamon. I have a 6g batch. I have 4lb of oranges and 3lb of blueberries...

Thanks guys. Next time I will use the overflow method.

Last night I just brewed two more batches and put them in the firmenters. I should have known better, but basically I was making a super high gravity beer, so wanted to tone it down a bit, by making a 6gal batch instead of 5g. Less room in the bucket and it blew up...I popped the lid, popped the...

Sounds good Kevin! I will try it out and see what happens...and go from there.

Ok. Thanks. Would others agree that aroma hpa are not necessary in a fruit beer?

Can someone help me figure out a good hopping schedule for a 6g batch?

Thanks guys. I didn't know that the boil size would change things. I'm usually doing a 3 gallon boil for a 5 gallon batch. This recipe would be a 3 gallon boil for a 6 gallon batch.

So messing with beersmith I found that if I bump to a 6g batch I should use: 2oz Willamette 4.6 for 60min 1oz Willamette 4.6 for 45min This would put me right at 20.0 IBU if I had the same SG of 1.071, but that would change with the batch size right? How do I figure out my SG (specific...

I went with the beer nut american wheat kit. It included 6.6 lb of coopers lme and I chose the willamette 4.6% hops and the dry wheat yeast they recommended. I think I might bump it up to 6g and use it all, live dangerously....

First off, thanks so much for the help! I will tinker with beersmith more as time goes on but for now I really appreciate the quick help. I think I'll give it a go as is and see how it turns out. Since I'm dealing with so much lme I was thinking about doing a 6g batch. Would this change it too...