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    5.2 Mash Stabilizer

    5.2 Mash Stabilizer. Has anyone used this product before? I have been brewing for about a year now doing all-grain brewing and have produced some excellent beers. I have yet to do any water treatments and want to step up my game. I belive that doing some pH tests on my mash would be the next...
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    Strong banana and clove flavor in my hefe

    I recently brewed a hefeweizen using Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephen Weizen yeast. I used my temperature controlled fridge and fermented it at 68F. It came out with strong banana and clove flavors which is typical for the yeast strain. All of the commercial hefeweizens that I have tried have not...
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    Brewing with lactose.

    When brewing with lactose, do you need to use separate equipment from your normal equipment? I thought I read somewhere that lactose can contaminate you equipment and future batches. I cant remember if what I read was talking about lactose or something else like lambics or something.
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    Brewing with lactose.

    When brewing with lactose, do you need to use separate equipment from your normal equipment? I thought I read somewhere that the lactose can contaminate your equipment and future batches.
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    Filtering out the throb and hops?

    One of my favorate beer styles is the IPA. I have brewed a few of these and they came out great. Recently I tried to brew a double IPA. I started my boil with 6.5 gallons of wort and did a 90min. Boil. At the end I cooled it and drained it to by carboy. There was soo much hop material and trub...
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    1st mead attempt.

    It has been 8 months since I made my first batch of mead. I want to carbinate it. Do I need to add more yeast after it has sat for 8 months, or just prime and bottle it?
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    Fermentation Fridge

    Just got done building a temperature control unit with cool and heat control. What do you use to heat inside your fermentation unit. I was thinking of using one of those reptile aquarium heating pads. I have a ceramic heat lamp in there now but it gets pretty hot and kind of scares me.
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    Home made heat stick build producing off flavors.

    I just made my own heat stick kind of like the one in this link. http://www.3d0g.net/brewing/heatstick I have heated up two 3gallon pots of strike water to test temps and times. I used JB weld to make sure that the heat stick was all water tight and secure like it says to do in the...
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    Homemade soda

    In the new March/April 2013 issue of Zymurgy the is an article about homemade soda. Has anyone tried any of the recipes? I want to try a couple of them but I have to invest in a 2.5gallon keg first.
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    Homemade soda

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    Anyone use 1214 Belgian Abby I yeast?

    I used BeerSmith2 to create a Belgian Blond style beer. I used a washed yeast strain Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abby. It came out really jucy fruity tasting. Is this typical for the Belgian Abby yeast. My fermintation temps were 68F. + or - a few degrees. The original beer I used this yeast on was a...
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    5lb or 10lb CO2 Tank for 1-2 5gal kegs?

    I decided to start kegging. I am triing to choose which size co2 tank to purchase. Does anyone know about how long each size will last with 1 keg? 2 kegs?
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    I love brewing!

    Hello, everyone. Im Andy. I am new to brewing. Just finished my 5th batch. Whenever I have a question I google, I usually end up here, so I thought I would try out the website.
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