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    Bizarre results pitching on a yeast cake

    Don not understand this, so I hop some of you can share your wisdom. I pitched a kolsch on yeast 2575 a few weeks ago and it took off almost immediately. There were no more bubbles at 3 days. I brewed Ed worts October ale last weekend, and -- this was dumb. --did not check the kolsch's sg. It...
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    Adding sweetness to fruit beer

    I've got a raspberry ale ready to bottle, but it is very sour. Anyone have luck using lactose/splenda or otherwise?
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    That moment...

    When, for the first time, you drink your own clone, and it is better than the original.
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    Too much wort, but hit my OG?

    Did my second AG batch today, first full boil. It was Yooper's Cali common. I mashed with 3.5 gal, 2 gal mash out, and 3.5 gal sparge. It was to be a 7 gallon boil and a 5.5 batch. I did use an extra quarter pound of 60l. It can out at around 6.5 gallons but hit the OG of 1.050. I am...
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    Earwax taste?

    My wife complains that some of the beers I brew have an "earwax" aftertaste that is present in other beers, but not to the same extent. I have brewed a PM IPA, a PM stout, and a PM pilsner. Anyone have any insight into this? My thought is that it could be the hops.
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    IPA fermentation time

    Is there any upside to letting an IPA sit in secondary for an extra week if the FG has been stable for a week? I do not want to lose the dry hop flavor. Thanks.
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