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One of the "problems" i fund in my searches for my first beer,that supose to be as simple as a pilsener,is the fermenting temperature.For what i found, lagers(like pilsener) need to fermenting at low temperatures,close to 3 or 4 ºC,and it´s need a refrigerator. Ales,is easier,but i´m not very...

Azores has his own unique cuisine and traditions,most of them i don´t know. I never been there,but is a place i want to visit some day.It´s still raw nature... LOok in youtube about an episode of Antony Bourdain about Azores,it´s interesting. Portugal is a small country,but very rich in cuisine...

I think i don´t know that,sorry

Sounds interesting.I already have seen videos and some posts here and in other sites about BIAB.

Actually it´s linguiça,or chouriça. I´m from Algarve in the south,here we have a great tradition in "aguardente" de medronho,that is a fruit with lot of sugar,and it´s fantastic.Sugar cane alcohol is in Brazil. Here i think there´s no tradition in home brewing,home wine making,and...

Let me see if i understand(my english isn´t very good,sorry):you use a tun just to heat the water,and while mashing you keep boiling water and adding to mashing tun.in the end you have a clean tun(the one you used to heat water) that you gonna use to boil the wort and adding the hops.Is that it...

Hello,i already make my presentation,i thinking in start brewing and before i start i have already a lot of questions . in my researches here,i fond 2 types of filtering the grain:bazooka and false bottom. the conclusion i made is with false bottom is needed a 2nd tun to put the filtered...

Hello,i´m Portuguese,and i´m thinking in brewing my beer.I just found this excelent forum and i expect to learn many things here.Sorry for my english,is not perfect,i try to do my best.