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    Beer serving temperatures

    I know all styles of beer have different serving temperatures. How do you obtain them when bottled? I've always just thrown them in the fridge and drink them cold. For things like stout and ESB it is suggested to drink a bit warmer. Anyone have any suggestions for storing different styles...
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    Particles in beer after biab mash

    Hello, I'm fairly new to all grain BIAB I just finished my second ever, a citrus wheat. When I took my sample for pre boil gravity I noticed there were quite a few particles in the wort, which settled to the bottom of my gravity checking cylinder when cooled. Is this from milling my grain too...
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    Accidentally used flaked rice instead of rice hulls!

    I didn't realize they were two different things. After doing some research I now know they are vastly different lol. This is the grain bill for a 4 gallon wheat beer 2kg white wheat 0.75kg 2 row 0.25 flaked rice 0.25oz sweet orange peel 0.25oz bitter orange peel Hop schedule is all cascade at...
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    Pineapple wheat?

    I recently had a Mana Wheat from the Maui brewing company. It was absolutely delicious tasted just like Maui feels. Light refreshing wheat beer taste with a prominent pineapple aftertaste. Just wondering if anyone has a clone recipe or can recommend a good pineapple wheat recipe?
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    2 week cold crash?

    Would there be any problem with cold crashing a carboy for 2 weeks? I recently brewed a centennial blonde all grain, and I am leaving for Aruba for 2 weeks on Tuesday. By the time I leave fermentation will be more than complete, is there any reason I can't throw it in the fridge for 2 weeks...
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    Infection after 12 hours?

    I brewed my 6th batch last night, all other batches have been spot on and sanitation has never been an issue. I did a 2.5 gallon batch instead of a 5 Gallon this time and it just looks bad in the fermentor after 12 hours. I'm hoping it's just some sort of strange looking falling Krausen, but...
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    First All Grain BIAB Today, Success!

    With 5 extract brews under my belt, i decided it was time to become a big boy and try some all grain brewing. Being the cheap ass that I am I decided that BIAB was the way to go. Simple, no extra equipment, yadda yadda. I brewed the centennial blonde recipe from this site (sounds delicious)...
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    Moving to New Zealand

    I am moving from Canada to New Zealand this summer. I know they have a lot of interesting hop varieties grown there that aren't grown anywhere else in the world. Anyone have any good recipe ideas that are New Zealand hop based?
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    Mash in morning, boil in evening?

    I'm tight for time lately, is there any problem with mashing in the morning, then after the kids go to bed boil and pitch? Or would there be some kind of problem with 12 in between the two?
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    Over pitching yeast?

    Now that winter is here and the outside temperatures hover around -25c I've had to move my brewing inside. In order to do this I'm making 2.5 gallon batches instead of 5. When I scale down my recipe it tells me to pitch half a package of dry yeast. Would I be causing any damage by using the...
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    What is considered a high OG beer?

    Hey all, just a quick question. I hear people talking about beers that are high OG, low OG, medium OG, etc... I recently made an extract dry stout recipe that ended up with an OG of 1.07. Is this considered a high OG beer? Doesn't really matter I guess, I was just wondering what numbers...
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    Overflowing Kraussen

    I pitched some nottingham ale yeast in an extract stout I brewed on Friday. As of today the kraussen has blown the airlock off and overflowed into my swamp cooler. I replaced the airlock with a blowoff tube into a bucket of star san, which now has turned brown from all the blow off gunk...
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    Gushers!

    Hey all, I brewed my first batch of cider recently. Just with some store bought apple juice. After all was said and done and bottled I had ideal carbonation after about 9 days so I popped them all into the fridge. When I put them in the fridge they were carbonated nicely, about the same as...
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    Swamp cooler question

    Hey all, just finished my 4th Brew last night, a tasty smelling stout (extract) and went perfect. I feel like my process is really starting to dial in. I have a question about using a swamp cooler. I use a tub of water and put a T-shirt/fan on the carboy, seems to work wonders. My question...
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    Adding some dark malt extract to a recipe?

    Hey all, The owner of the LHBS makes his own recipes and sells them in kits. He recently ran a competetion and the winner of the competition got their recipe made into an extract kit. I picked it up the other day, its a Irish Stout. It has 6lbs of pale malt extract, a couple pounds it...
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    Bottle carbing help! May have messed up

    Hey all, I have a question about bottle carbing. I brewed a 2 gallon batch of caramel apple cider. At bottling I was supposed to add a mixture of 1 cup brown sugar boiled for about 10 minutes with 1 cup of water. Also was supposed to add one can of frozen apple juice concentrate. This is...
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    How long for primary fermentation?

    Hi all, long time ale Brewer, first attempt at cider. I have a batch of simple apple cider that has been sitting in my primary for 3 weeks now. I want to let it sit for another 4-5 weeks before bottling. Can I leave it in the primary? Or will it pick up some off flavors from the yeast cake...
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    Question about adding juice at bottling time.

    Hey all, I've been brewing beer for a while but this is my first attempt at creating cider. I used a recipe for a cranberry el? cider, which called for adding cranberry juice directly into the finished product in a keg. My question is, how can I do this if I'm bottle carbing? Should I add the...
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    Good coffee porter/stout extract recipe?

    Hey all, new brewer here. So far I've only brewed a couple IPA's and a Blonde Ale for easy drinking. I was thinking of getting a coffee porter/stout going now that I have a good supply of homebrew around, I won't mind aging a beer for a while before I drink it. Im not very well versed in...
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    Cleaning up in primary, or bottle condition?

    Hey all, just got a quick question about fermentation and bottle conditioning. I have a blonde ale thats been in the primary for 2 weeks now, FG is now at 1.018 and has been at that for a while now. I taste tested the last sample and it smelled and tasted delicious. Now i've read from many...
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