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Hi! I just got a new book “German Wheat Beer (Classic Beer Style Series)” it has some good information on the subject. The author recommends saving some of the first runnings from the mash tun or from the boiling kettle, for priming. It has som formulas that can be used both for krausen and...

Hi! OK, I have never considered the safty element, but good point. I will try it on kegs first, and monitor the pressure. Since I do not do a continuing brewing operation with the same types over and over again, I would need some way to collect and save krausen beer. Is harwesting some...

Hi! Has anobody tried to prime youre beer with High crausen beer? What experiences have you made? whatteckniques have you tried? Your friend V

Hi! The beer is now finished bottle maturing. Most people who have tried it were very pleased. Carbonation really helped the bitterness, and it tastes about as bitter as an industrial lager. In about two weeks the next batch is ready for botteling. I am somewhat worried that it will be a...

Last time I got Saaz hops that notably lower in AA than this time, but I used Beersmith to calculate IBU. I was probably not Burton IPA bitter, as I stated, this time. But it was very bitter.

How much loss do people calculate?

Hi! Yesterday was botteling day. I bottled my first two month lager (SMaSH Vienna and Saaz lager with german lager yeast). According to beersmith it should be around 27 IBU, and the wort tasted normal. But after two monts it did not at all taste bitter, I Would say 10 IBU, but other vice...

Hi! The brewing guild is inviting to a summer beer contest, I am planning a Wienna lager, Kölsh, og a big wave clone for the main contest. For the freestyle contest I am planning an Aple ale. Does anyone have an idea about the best alestyle to spike with aples? Would gravenstein work? What...

Hi again I have just finished racking now, and I am a little bit disappointed by the taste testing. Once again there was no off-tastes, maybe a little bit sour. But very little honey and apple taste. The alcohol contends was between 13% and 17%. At what temperature should I store it...

Ok I just put 7 pounds of honey and twenty juniper berries in a tree gallon carboy, I added ½ gallons of High quality mashed apples, and toped up with boiled and chilled water. I added two packs of 1118 and nutrient. :matrix4B 4: Many times it is necessary to backsweeten, stabilize it before...

Have anyone tried juniper berries?

Beernik "I find that a pound of dried fruit helps improve the mouthfeel of mead and cider. I've used raisins, dates, and prunes with good results. I like dates best, but I can't always find them" Is aple good? bleme "I would add some yeast nutrients at the start. Straight honey can really...

Thanks I will mature the rest of the bottles for several months before the next test. Yes I waited until it was clear before I bottled it. What about the honey to wather ratio, should I add more honey? Is it an idea to add some more honey when I rack it? Should I ferment at higher temperature?

Sorry better-bottle carboy

3weaks initial fermentation 18C/64F, two months in new beerbottle 12C/53.6F, then bottled and corked. I tested one bottle after two weeks.