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    Kettle volume & dilution calculations - please help!

    My measurements from my recent brew day do not make mathematical sense, unless i am totally missing something. Pre-boil volume was 1.049, measured with both hydrometer and refractometer at room temp. I had 7 gallons at 170 degrees (or 6.7 gal using 96% shrinkage calc) Post-boil volume was...
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    Will pitching a second yeast change the flavor?

    If i were to pitch some champagne yeast to a stuck fermentation and it fermented my beer further, would that remove the flavor characteristics provided by the first pitched yeast?
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    Cider in keg also used for beer?

    I have only one keg and was wondering if there would be any problems with using it for both beer and cider. I would clean it of course in between with PBW, but i am wondering if either the cider or beer would leave some flavors which would mess up the other.
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    Should i add extra LME?

    I purchased the American Pale Ale II kit from B3 and since they were out of 8 lb bags of extract, they gave me a 9 lb bag. The recipe is generating an expected OG of 1.056 and IBU of 60.5 at 8lbs and 1.062 / 57.6 at 9lbs of extract (beersmith). The recipe is already above average IBU for a...
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