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  1. Singletrack

    Big Beer: Add Sugar to Fermenter? Better Yeast Choice?

    I'm planning a relatively big beer, OG 1.092, and I would like it very dry, say, FG 1.009, so that's about 90% attenuation and 11% ABV. My recipe has 2 lb of sugar, which is about 10% of the fermentable sugars. To keep the yeast unstressed and dry this beer as much as possible, I'm considering...
  2. Singletrack

    So Tomorrow, I Cold Hop

    I had to explain dry hopping again today. Every time I explain what it is, I say, yeah, I know, it really should be called "cold hopping." I think we can change the name. I think we should. I think it is our duty, and we must. You may resist based on a sense of tradition. Tradition. That's...
  3. Singletrack

    How Do I, Like, Fix My "Like" Function?

    I, like, really Like most of your clever posts, but I can't get my "Like" button to do anything. If I "Like" a post, it shows the appropriate "Singletrack Likes This" thing on the post. But then if I click elsewhere and come back, my Like is gone! According to my profile, I have given 122 Likes...
  4. Singletrack

    Batgirl, RIP

    That is all.
  5. Singletrack

    How do I mash flaked wheat?

    Due to a windfall of fresh fruit (read zest) and my LHBS's shortage of Saison yeast, I find myself brewing something completely different (for me) -- a Witbier. My recipe has 42% flaked wheat and 10% flaked oats. The recipe calls for a protein rest at 122 F for 15 min, with gradual increase to...
  6. Singletrack

    Wasted Home Brew! aka need a bib

    Dental work this afternoon. Dentist wanted to make sure I was numb. The entire left side of my body is paralyzed. Decided to slobber down a PTE clone anyway, but I can't taste it. Always get your dental work done in the morning. Then, take the day off in preparation for happy hour. Live and...
  7. Singletrack

    Bottle Flocculation

    After bottle conditioning, I put my bottles in the fridge and try to wait for them to clear before drinking. With some yeasts, the clearing process takes a long time. Too long. Recently, I pulled a bomber out of the fridge that had been in there a couple days, and I held it up to the light. I...
  8. Singletrack

    Yeast Nutient Intervention

    I use yeast nutrient, even though I don't think it does anything. I started with Servomyces; just throw in a pill. An expensive pill. Switched to Wyeast, and now have to dissolve in warm water first. Doesn't malted barley have all the nutrients needed? Why do we use it? Is it just placebo...
  9. Singletrack

    Trading Oxidation for Infection?

    Sometimes my hoppy beers have a slight off taste. I suspect oxidation, so I'm trying to limit exposure to air. However, I need to dry hop my IIPA in a secondary, because I need the primary for the next batch. I don't keg or have CO2, so I decided to run a blow off tube from the primary into a...
  10. Singletrack

    Priming Calculator Error

    Most priming calculators seem to calculate the amount of corn sugar required based on the assumption that we are priming with pure glucose corn sugar. I think most of the corn sugar we buy is actually glucose monohydrate. If I'm correct about this, then we should be adding 10% more corn sugar...
  11. Singletrack

    High Altitude Hop Additions

    I brew in the mountains at about 7000 ft elevation. Water boils at a little under 200 F. When I brew someone else's recipe, I usually bump up the hops a bit based on experience, but I never really know if my beer tastes like the recipe intended. For those who brew at altitude, what do you do...
  12. Singletrack

    Add Sugar or Malt to Increase ABV?

    I like Black Butte Porter (BBP), so I decided to brew a clone this weekend. The commercial beer is 5.2% ABV, according to the bottle. My clone recipe is 5.5%. Although I like BBP as is, I think it would be better at about 6.5% ABV. To get there, I think I would just add 2-row or just add cane...
  13. Singletrack

    Accidentally Cold Crashing Bottles After 1-1/2 Week

    Oops. I bottled a batch and left it in the fermentation fridge before I left for work -- for 2 weeks. The bottles are in there along with another batch in primary that will start automatically cold crashing in 1-1/2 weeks. So my bottles will have carbed/conditioned for 1-1/2 weeks, and then...
  14. Singletrack

    Fermcap Starter Boil-Over

    I used fermcap in the boil of my yeast starter. It came to a boil with no suggestion of boil-over. Great! Then, I added about a quarter cup of water with dissolved yeast nutrient. Big mistake. As soon as the water hit the boiling wort, I had an immediate boil-over. Just a warning to others, add...
  15. Singletrack

    Fermcap Killed My Starter?

    This was my first time using fermcap. I used 3 drops in a 5 liter starter during the boil. I cooled, pitched WLP 530 Abbey Ale yeast, and placed the flask on my stirrer. (I did not add more fermcap after boiling.) This starter is in a room that is a constant 76 degrees F. After 12 hours, there...
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