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im pretty good on not splashing the beer after fermentation, so i dont think its oxidation. i will have to test my water. how would i lower the alkalinity of my water?

Ive made a few extract batches, all LME, and they all had a bitter twang to them. I just asumed that it was the dreded "LME twang". And ways just poured my wort into the fermentor to aerate. I recently made my first all grain batch, AHS lawnmower lager, did the same thing to aerate. All of my...

it is not a true lager, it used a yeast that ferments at higher temps, wyeast 2112. does it still have to be lagered? here is the kithttp://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_452_378_377&products_id=292

It is a AHS lawnmower lager, 3 weeks in the primary, than kegged , 30 psi for 30 hours and then 12psi for 12 hours. It was flavorful but pretty harsh and full of floaties. The question is can i pull it from the cooler and let it condition at basement temps (68 deg) for a couple weeks. I figure i...

did my first all grain on wed, everything went good accept the smack pack in the yeast packet didnt break. checked the first day no fermentation :confused::confused:, i stirred and waited, second day no fermentation:confused:, getting nervous, read a few threads on it, came home from work today...

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I have done two batches so far and both of them i batch primed just like everyone says i put the sugar water solution in the bottling bucket, siphon onto the solution, putting it in a way that it wirlpools and both times i have 6 or so bottle that were overcarbed and the rest were way...

thanks for the imput, i guess i have to wait to see what water volumes i need to figure out which pot to use first

great advice,thanks

do you think i could use the bottling bucket with a hose so i dont splash the wort as much? can they handle the heat of the wort?

yooper, your the best, thanks. by the way your posts are the ones that got me interested in the wine making too, im raking the first two welches (your recipe, white and red) tonight!

im doing 5 gallon batches, i think i would have a problem freeing up the large pot because i will have my sparge water heating up in it while im draining the first running. yooper, do you thnk it would be ok to drain the first running and the sparges into an ale pail ( so they mix well) and...

I am going to start my first all grain brew tomorrow, I have a 10 gallon round cooler mash tun that I just built but I only have a 5 gallon and a 3 gallon pot. does anyone have a simple way to accomplish an all grain session with two smaller pots like this?

im sorry but what is lees?

1000+ on the apfelwein, you better have your s*it together before you go to bed if you have 2 or more of them. I usually drink a pint or two of water inbetween and 2 advil before bed or its hell to pay the next day

the wine has been sitting for 4 weeks now and is starting to clear, my question is how clear does it get? clear enough to read a paper through? i dont want to rack it too early. and also how do i know when to bottle it?

how do you know how much yeast to pitch? if i get 3 jars of washed yeast from a batch, do i pitch all three into the next batch?

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I have brew a few batches and they all have that " homebrew taste" and i want to find out what it is and how to get rid of it, or that i am crazy. I would like an experienced homebrewer in the area to taste and diagnose my brew i have two different batches that have the same taste. Can someone...

im in, where is it located?