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Alcohol by volume too low!
I was trying to make a very low alcohol beer ... a Mild. Guidelines say that the abv can be as low as 2.8% Unfortunately, I used a yeast that I don't normally use and the ferment did not get to the FG that I had hoped for. It ended up being only 2.3% alcohol by volume (according to BrewSmith...- NE-Brewer
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Should I buy some "5.2 buffer"??
I live in on a farm and have well water. Very good tasting and no "city" chemicals added. It is pH 7 but we also make our own "distilled" water because of the high "nitrites" from farm fertilizers. The distilled water is also exactly the same pH.. about 7. I am about to do my first 2 AG...- NE-Brewer
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Help with "Buffer 5.2" chemical
I'm about to do my first AG. I'm trying to figure out what "buffer 5.2" chemical is. :confused: I've seen it in the beer catalogs and seen a reference or two in posts but am not sure how and when to use it. It appears to buffer the mash so it stays at a pH of 5.2 which I understand would...- NE-Brewer
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Cream Ale vs Lite Ale ??
I remember drinking Genesee cream ale in my younger days when I lived on the Northeast. I'd like to brew it. Some retailers offer a cream ale kit but others do not. What makes a cream ale a cream ale??? How does it differ from a lite ale or an american lite ale? Thanks- NE-Brewer
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