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    LALBREW NEW ENGLAND v VERDANT IPA

    id be interested in hearing from people who have experience with aboth these yeast as to how they compare. ive used the verdant one quite a bit and using again in a recipe thats actually calling for the NE one which ive never used. its for a slightly hazy IPA with an IBU of 40 so more west...
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    Advice on Ambers/Red IPAs

    1)The last Few dark ambers/ red IPA have come out much more dryer than intended. Anyone had this issue. Anyone have a suggestion to remedy it? 2) the last one had smokey undertones. Not sure where that come from? These are from various clone recipes but all on the dark side of amber and...
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    Citra simcoe ratio

    does anyone use this combo a lot. I’m looking to do a west coast Pale ale and a hazy juicy pale both exclusively using these hops. what ratios would people suggest for each? no other hops just this classic combo.
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    Putting the red into an amber ale

    I’ve tried this recipe a couple of times https://brewdogrecipes.com/recipes/5am-saint the first was an official all grain recipe pack using same ingredients as brewdog use and it came out a perfect deep red. second attempt was following their recipe above with grains from crisp and it came out...
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    My First RO brew

    I picked up 25 litres ( 6 gallons) of RO water today but am unsure of how to treat it with minerals etc so would appreciate any advice on this. Im in the UK but i know using RO is much more common your side of the pond so was hoping to tap into your expertise. The brew will be an American...
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    Heating element stretched.

    Hi guys, open to any advice here. See attached pic. Essentially the heating coil has stretched( most likely from pulling it about to clean the underside after 30 or so brews). The middle row nows sits naturally above the top row if the top row didn’t block it. Not sure a stopper in between them...
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    Maximum attenuation

    Can anyone help me with this? My latest brew traveled from 1061 to 1002 in 18 days, 2x wyeast 1056. 10% sugar in malt bill and extra pale malt but 97% seems too much. no danger signals yet but is 1056 capable of this much apparent attenuation or must it have had some help from a wild yeast...
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    Need to transfer to corny but no gas!

    My soda stream bottle seems to have leaked empty so I have no gas. I am brewing at the minute and need to free up a fermenter. Can I keg as planned today without gas. I should be able to pick some tomorrow but will there be too much undesirable oxygen contact in the meantime as I can’t purge...
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    best fermentation system?

    Obviously there are price differentials, but ignoring those for the time being, I am interested in performance gains to be found and would welcome peoples thougts, especially if you are using one of these set up currently. So forgetting about cost for now, in terms of ease of use and set up...
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