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    Help with Champagne Yeast.

    Making an Imperial Stout and the kit can with champagne yeast to add when transfering to the secondary. I left in the primary 2+ weeks and fermentation was done. Transferred to the secondary and just dropped in the package of dry yeast. It did little as far as I can tell and only dropped...
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    Imperial Stout - Champagne Yeast?

    My Imperial Stout kid came with a packet of Champagne yeast and instructions to add it when transferring to the secondary to ensure: a) a drinkable attenuation, and b) carbonation when bottling. Two quesitons. If I take a hydrometer reading when I transfer and the FG is already in...
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    Imperial Stout - OG too high?

    Brew #4, the Imperial Stout extract kit from Midwest. Just finished up and the OG was reading 1.096 while the kit instructions say it should be 1.082-1.086. I definitely had 5 to 5 1/4 gallons in the fermentor. And while I think I do a great job of getting everything I can out of those...
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    Dry hopping - Leaves?

    My 3rd brew is an IPA and I wanted to dry hop so I asked at the LHBS for some suggestions and ended up with some leaves? The packaging says Kent Goldings Pellet Hops, but they definitely are not pellets. Not at all like the pellets I added to the boil anyway. It's a pretty big IPA and I've...
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    Gulp? No airlock?

    I transferred my 3rd brew, an IPA from the primary to the secondary Thursday night. Tried it and it already tasted great (or at least a big improvement at this stage from my first 2). Problem is that they stopper for my second carboy was the wrong size so I couldn't put an airlock on it...
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    1st Beer Blues

    First beer, a porter, has been in the bottle for just over a week now and my older brother came over to give it a try. We poured a glass and a glass of Summit Porter for comparison and there was no comparison. 1 beer of what I did was plenty and we then finished off the Summit. This was one...
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    1st Brew, will it reach suggested SG?

    Hello all, Brand new brewer here and I have some questions on my second batch. First brew was the tin can type of kit that came with my brewing setup. I'll it tin can porter. I just followed the directions using straight tap water, dry yeast, and boiling nothing. Everything seemed to...
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