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    Stop mold in fermentation chest freezer?

    Try lining the walls with craft paper to make a moisture barrier. The same reason that house insulation has craft paper on one side. Just an idea from a construction guy
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    What's my ABV?

    I eliminate the volume displacement of the fruit by using LESS water in the initial brewing process. The fruit adds water back into the beer. therefore I get more sugars per volume. The sugar content of the fruit was the factor I needed to calculate my final ABV. Thanks everyone for your help...
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    Whats my ABV?

    And again I would like to thank everyone. I made this beer for my 20th anniversary and my wife LOVES it. And I will be collecting sexual favors from my hubby.....Brewdog333
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    What's my ABV?

    Thanks divrack. Sugar content is about 9%. So ABV would be at least half a percent more. Thanks for the help. I knew the beer was stronger, but I wasn't sure of hydrometer conversions after adding sugar water for bottling. Thanks everyone for the help...
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    Whats my ABV?

    Thanks everyone for your help. The sugar content of the apricot puree is almost 10 percent. 6 pounds of fruit should give roughly 1360 grams of sugar raising my ABV roughly half a percent. I do understand volume displacement, but I don't add fruit after the fact, I add after high Krausen. It...
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    What's my ABV?

    Sugar content of Oregon fruit products apricot puree says 9.24. And no I don't add that much sugar water. I added 5oz corn sugar with water to bring my total bottling volume to 5 gallons. This is not a test, I am just curious as to what the apricots added. I have read all links. I always boil...
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    What's my ABV?

    I did not add volume to the finished beer. I always ferment 4 to 4.5 gallons and leave room for sugar water on bottling day bringing my TOTAL volume up to 5. If I made the same beer without fruit, the ABV would be 4.2 So what's the new ABV? Anyone? AKTom might be close.......
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    Whats my ABV?

    I mashed approximately 7 pounds of grain, batch sparged and ran off 5 gallons total. Boiled for one hour and will add sugar water on bottling day bringing total volume to 5 gallons. Brewgr software says this beer will be 4.2% Now imagine adding 6 pounds of apricot puree at day 3 after high...
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    What's my ABV?

    I brewed 7 pounds of assorted grains in 5 gallons run-off from my mash-tun. Boiled down to about 4 gallons to ferment (I always bottle so I leave room for priming sugar water). Brewgr software says my ABV will be 4.2. Now imagine adding 6 pounds of apricot puree after 3 days fermenting. Asking...
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    Bottling Issues

    See if you can find a gravity style bottling tube. I have one, you just press down and it fills the bottle, lift when bottle is almost full. Spring loaded ball in filler stops the flow, and works great every time. I also soak hands and everything else post boil, but I don't soak caps. 5 years...
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    Secondary fermentation

    Corn sugar works great but keep the bottles at room temp for 3-4 weeks. I age all my beers 4 weeks minimum. 3.5 to 4 oz should do it unless there is a lot of wheat in the recipe. Then go to 5and3/4 oz for 5 gallon batches. Cheers!
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    Is this an infection?

    If the beer is not sour, you're OK. That stuff you see you just eat with a spoon afterwards. Cheers!
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    taking a shot at a GF extract Stout

    I just made a gluten free stout. Although I do all grain, you can convert most recipes to mini-mash if you have a large brewpot. And you can use your choice of grains. I added a vial of Clarity Ferm with the last 15 minutes of the boil. My recipe is on BREWGR. The name is Morning Wood, a...
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    Cocoa Powder addition to a porter

    I've used dark cocoa powder at flameout and bourbon soaked nibs in secondary. 2 ounces of each gives great chocolate flavor to my breakfast stout. Soak nibs one week before adding to secondary for another week. Yummmmmm.......
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