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Infection?
I thought this might be an infection, now I'm not sure. After some time it did not grow, in fact there is maybe a bit less. Is it possible this is just sediment trapped near the top? For clarification, this is about 3 weeks into the ferm. It appears to be white and only shows orange due...- natev
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Post-First Brew Questions
Thanks for the replies. I did take a gravity reading. We ended up post boil with 1.050 instead of the projected 1.060 which I attribute to at least two things. We ran the mash at 160F for the entire duration and the sparge was probably too quick to leech out everything. At the time of...- natev
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Post-First Brew Questions
I did up my first brew (8gallons) we did everything so-so with a hiccup on each stage. I'll just ask for comments on whatever. 1. I got a wyeast pack and split it into two 2-liter flasks with DME wort for 24hours, shaking somewhat often. I figured I needed 400b cells. Do you think that came...- natev
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Chiller in HERMS
I'm new to brewing, so new that the 'stuff' is still being shipped. My question(s) is this, (I'm sure there might already be a similar post so please link) If I'm trying to do what I think is a HERMS set-up, can I use my Chiller as a means of regulating the wort temp, then use the same...- natev
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