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    help me with my efficiency

    Seeing as how you had better eff. with BIAB but now it's gone down, I'd be more inclined to look for shorts in your grainbed. If your grainbed isn't getting rinsed properly due to tunnelling that would leave a lot of sugars behind.
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    Confusion and Common Mistakes Made When Ordering Grains?

    I put every recipe into beersmith and tweak a little. Then i order what i need based off of the recipe in beersmith. I dont have to order often though because i keep most common ingredients on hand. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    First lager much faster than expected?

    I do a D rest each time to be safe. You are just over 75% through fermenting and thats when i usually up the temp 10 degrees to finish out and then rack to secondary for lagering. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    african theme beer

    A wheat with clementines seems simple enough. Some experimenting would need to be done to add some lemongrass tea to it. I'd brew up a wheat with clementine zest. After fermentation add lemongrass tea to taste and then wait to make sure the yeast isnt going to work on the tea at all. Sent...
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    Increased boil time to reach desired OG

    You didnt mention preboil gravity. If your gravity is low pre boil but volume is correct, it is an efficiency issue. If the gravity is low but volume is high, it is either a volume issue or a combination of volume and efficiency. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    Unreliable water

    Spreadsheet worked great after tweaking additions a bit. Spreadsheet predicted 5.2 ph and thats exactly where it fell. SRM was initially incorrect because the debittered black quantity was entered incorrectly. Its in the fermenter happy as a clam at 67 degrees. Cant wait to try it because im...
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    Mold

    4-5 funny colors - that sux. It's ugly. If that were the only problem I'd be inclined to rack from under it but you said the hydrometer sunk to the bottom. If the bugs have eaten to the point that the gravity is that low it's not a beer i'd be interested in. Sorry man.
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    First beer brew

    If you like the nut brown, I have something you can try to get an idea of what late additions and hopbursting (this isn't quite what i would call hopbursted, but will give you an idea of what it will do to a beer. It's that recipe (extract), but tweaked to get a good strong smooth hop flavor and...
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    Northern brewer american wheat

    I just cracked my first one. It's actually pretty darn good. Just enough character that I won't complain and simple enough that I think anybody could enjoy it. Mission accomplished!
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    Mash Temp Control

    So if beersmith says i need 170deg strike, i put my water in at 180 and close the cooler, wait for it to come down to strike temp or if its stabilized too high i add ice to get to strike temp. Then add grain and stir like its my job. Then close it up. After an hour its still within a degree of...
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    Mash Temp Control

    Higher than strike. After about 10 mins its usually still to warm but a few ice cubes fixes that. It just seems easier to overshoot on the Warmside and have to cool it than the other way around Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    Mash Temp Control

    Mainly because i havent experienced fluctuating temps. TBH though i havent been using my setup long. I just add my water about 10 degrees high and let the cooler warm up for 10-15 mins and then rock n roll. It keeps temp great if i preheat like that Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    Flaked Barley or Wheat dry extract.

    Im no expert here - my first time using flaked barley is in the fermenter now - but from what ive read, most seem to recommend staying under 5% for the barley in an attempt to avoid chill haze. For my recipe, that put me right at 1/2 lb in the mash Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    How many gallons of homebrew in 2014?

    13525 + 5 gallons APA = 13530 Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    Moving house while beer fermenting ?

    If it has a steady gravity you could just bottle it then. If its not done, the one gallon jugs is how i would move it so it couldnt slosh around. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    Moving house while beer fermenting ?

    If it is a true lager, no way you can bottle that early. How far are you moving? If not too far, heres what i would do: rack it into one gallon jugs (fill em completely full) and then rack it all back to your carboy or bucket when you arrive. Keep an eye on the jugs though so they dont pressure...
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    Brewersfriend VS Beersmith calculators

    In beersmith, did you have stirplate checked? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    How do you add rice extract?

    When i have used it, i dissolved it in a gallon of hot water and added it at flameout. It doesnt seem to dissolve nearly as easily as dme. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    Unreliable water

    I've brewed this before, and it most certainly not 31srm. I've gone through Bru'n water, ezwater calc and brewers friend calc and I've been getting different results.
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    Unreliable water

    That would be awesome because I'm spinning my wheels!
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