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    A new adventure.

    Good evening all, just went down to check on my first batch of mead that was started last week and wanted to get some insights. The recipe was nothing complicated, just honey, water, some yeast food and yeast. OG was figured to be around 1.14. Anyhow, I noticed there wasn't any visible...
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    Common taste issue

    All this time brewing things and I've got one issue that remains. :confused: It seems that many of my brews, regardless of recipe, have this slightly tart almost citrus-y flavor. My only real suspect at this point is temperature causes (it's the only consistent variable across the batches)...
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    My yeast cultures/storage time.

    Hi all, I was recently cleaning up the recipe list, trying to get a schedule and a go-to set of yeasts set up. Well I think that's worked out, and I just wanted to get some feedback on my yeast procedures. What I've done for a while here is I started with one vial of yeast (currently 8 types...
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    Handy diastatic power chart?

    Anyone have one? After my most recent 'brain-fart-brew' I figure it's best I have one around. Made the mistake of making a wheat beer with principally torrified wheat and ended up with about 1.008 post mash, and that's only because of some minor extras I expect. (rescued it with some...
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    Boiled Mash

    Probably a RDWHAHB moment here, but just just thought I'd check. During my mash today (2 Row + Crystal + 5.2 Stabilizer) I went to raise the temp by a couple degrees (mash in kettle) and got distracted, ended up boiling the grain for probably 10-15 minutes. Am I looking at mass tannins (I hope...
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    Crowd sourcing some inspiration.

    Hi all, some soon-to-be summer creativity was striking the other day and I'm hoping to get a bit of input to bring it to fruition. For some unknown reason the other day when wandering into the brew shop I was compelled to pick up some sweet orange peel and ginger root thinking it would make for...
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    High Grav Attenuation?

    Hi all, just got done pulling a test of a big barley wine and thought I'd get some feedback on my attenuation figures. To keep it simple, it's a partial mash batch which between the two is about 25% wheat (just to add a bit of a soft edge to it) The mash made for about 1/2 the sugars in the...
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    1st Lager

    Hi all, back again with some overly long and ultimately simple inquiries. :ban: So I recently put together a simple lager, mostly for the BMC drinkers that come by here and again that don't drink the heavy stuff I usually make. Ingredients include: 2lb Extra Light DME 4lb 2 row 2lb...
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    DMS formation and evaporation.

    Hi all, quick ? on the DMS and any posibly any ther formed-in-the-boil compounds. The short version: if heating a pot covered and then boiling uncovered is there any reason that DMS shouldn't evaporate off as normal (ie: would it bind somehow when heating by being covered)? The long...
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    Inefficient Mash ??

    Well I'm pretty new to this mash thing but decided to try a big long term brew today and missed my OG by a mile... Bill of the brew; 3# Torrified Wheat 2# 2 Row 1# 6 Row 3# Dry Pale Extract 2# Dry Wheat Extract 1# Belgian Candy Sugar 1# Honey +Hops/Yeast/Etc... Anyhow, Mash was...
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    OG in a carboy

    Hi all, well today should be interesting. Not having room set up for a full ag set yet, I decided to get some practice in with the mini mashes until I do. Now with pure extracts I've been pretty much presuming the OG is somewhere within the anticipated since switching to a carboy for pirmary...
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    Watering the wort

    Hi all, just thought to pop in to bounce this off some here. As it stands right now, I usually keep a couple gallons of filtered water in the fridge for topping up my brews before pitching. It's just the usual brita style filter, nothing fancy or micobal cleaning. Well after I had a couple...
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    Funk in the ferm

    Hey all, it's about time I joind the fun and made a "is it infected" post. Unfortunatly I don't have a pic right at the moment but I'll give it a go. One of my more recent batches seems to have developed this disturbing thin white film on the top of it somewhere along the line. It's a rye...
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    Autum Beer...

    Greetz all, wow it's been a while but with vacation and a bit of a brewing binge (looking at my profile I haven't updated in probably 3 batches or more) the month slipped away. Well the fermenters are full, as are most of the bottles for now, and all is good in brew land, particularly liking...
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    Smoke & Fire

    Hi all, I've been feeling creative with the thought of making my next batch up, so we're back again looking for some tips and insight into the newest concoction. It seems looking around here that peppers are a popular bit of a brewing mystery. What I was contemplating is this. I start with...
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    Belgian Brew Time?

    Hi al, so I was contemplating my next batch, aiming at it being ready in August, and thought this one (Midwest's "Lawnmower de Saison") sounded interesting. http://www.brew-winemaking.com/ProductPDF/6474.pdf Now given the multiple ingredients, and the suggestion in their catalog that...
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    Dry flavor, what is it?

    Hi all, well back again to take in some finer points from our resident brewmasters, more of a curiosity really this time though. :) So I've noticed on a few of my latest, mostly on the lighter side batches have had an exceptionally dry quality when they get up to bottle time. It really...
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    Honey Almond Ale

    Hi all, well it's time to prep up another batch, and this time I'm looking to tweak the kit a bit. As a base I'm looking to use Midwest's Honey Bee Ale: 3.3 lb. Gold malt extract 3 lb. Minnesota clover honey 8 oz. Carapils 1 oz. Glacier (bittering) 1 oz. Argentine Cascade (aroma) As a...
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    Which off flavor is that?

    Hey all, back again with one of those "what's that taste" questions. I've noticed my beers thus far have had a somewhat astringent/sharp taste both when fermented warmer (72-77) and cooler (59-65). I've tried some different hopping, aeration, lengths of time for primary/secondary etc and the...
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    Low Temp Ale?

    Hey all, back again and starting up my latest, this time a Liberty Cream Ale, quite the departure from previous batches and in a whole new setup too :ban: Over the weekend I cleared up a small basement room to set up as a brew shop in order to get away from the extra high temps on the top...
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