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I can't find anything saying fusels cause anything but a bad hangover. But assuming that is the case are you saying they will not age out?

I tried making a graf and while I did a couple dumb things like forget some malts I wasn't too worried about it. I took a sample while moving it out of the fermenter and it didn't taste terrible. Not great either but the flavor wasn't the problem. After drinking a bit my head started feeling...

I was going to start this up this weekend but I underestimated the daunting task of 4 liters of wine between 2 people! I will definitely let you guys know how the mash turns out. The grain was $2/# and the oz of hops was ~$2.5 and I went ahead and sold out and bought a hydrometer. This one...

By all accounts that I have read(newbie here too) it can stay in the primary for one (possibly even two) months without any ill effects. If it does pick up some off flavors a lot of the time those will age out. The only reason to throw it is if you see mold, very obvious mold. Obviously you need...

Just use a knife! I haven't done it for beer but in food recipes where I don't need the zest to incorporate (small bits) I just use a knife. You can cut off a thinner layer than if you use a potato peeler or mandolin and it is less of a hassle than using graters/zesters. I have a juicer and I...

Yes. It seemed like my oven's warm setting held pretty good. It was climbing a few degrees celsius throughout my checks. I think I may preheat the oven to warm. Pop the mash in at 65c, let it be for 10 minutes, turn off the heat, check the temp at 30min and see how things are going. If it climbs...

I think what he meant to clarify was that it isn't so much 'tricky' as it is a process to be learned with practice. He might be getting a little picky on wording since you were obviously talking to a first timer (me). I think the idea is that newbies tend to overcomplicate things they haven't...

Since I don't have a Mash Tun I am in the process of checking out what temp water in my pot holds in my oven with it on Warm. A couple checks have showed 65 to 68c. I do wonder if 68c would be a little hot for a 1.074. I don't want the beer to end up real sweet. I was wanting to mash at 65c/150f...

Well there are a couple other concerns including pot size. I am not really set up for AG brewing but I am cheap. Also I just downloaded beersmith for the trial and punched in the numbers. Even at 65% efficiency the grain bill puts my OG at 1.074. I knew to shoot a little higher with my malt for...

Hello. Newbie with first post here. * Skip small intro This will be my first time brewing beer. I did a couple bread yeast meads a few years back. One exploded on me and both were pretty good un-aged. I recently started a graf because I liked the idea. Pretty sure I messed it up. I forgot to...