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Can I repair a flat imperial stout in bottles?
Bottled a 10.5% imperial stout with priming sugar according to the normal calculation, but I think the yeast were dead or something because the beer is flat after 4 months in the bottle at room temperature. There is very light lacing on the glass, but no visible carbonation and nothing...- element533
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Gas line has plastic smell. Should I clean it before first use?
Setting up my first kegerator, and the CO2 lines smell pretty bad (plastic/glue/toxic yuck). Should I clean these out? PBW? Boil? Just clarifying this question is about the gas lines, not the beer lines (I plan to clean those).- element533
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Put this fermentation/conditioning schedule in the right order
Just curious what people like to do for an aromatic dry-hopped IPA? A. Primary (4-7 days) B. Secondary (7-10 days, not including cold crash or fining) C. Dry hop (3-5 days) D. Cold crash (2-4 days) E. Fine (1 week, still at cold crash temps) F. Keg Would you do a different order? Not...- element533
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Moisture content and conversion efficiency
Do most people account for moisture content when they calculate conversion efficiency, or ignore it? Example: How would you calculate conversion efficiency for the above? If I account for 4% moisture content in the grain, I get 95%. If I ignore moisture, I get 91%. I'm less...- element533
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Post-boil OG mystery
Greetings, beer nerds! Long time lurker here with an OG mystery. See if you can help me figure this one out. Pre-boil OG 1.051 @ 95 F = 1.056 SG standard Pre-boil volume 6.8 gal @ 140 F = 6.7 gal standard Post-boil volume 5.9 gal @ 190 F = 5.7 gal standard I calculate this as 1 gal...- element533
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- Forum: All Grain & Partial Mash Brewing