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    hello been a while, looking to try a mead finally

    hey ladies an gents, curious about a mead that is not sweet . love to be around 20% but i know thats tough. wanna try to put it on some oak cubes. I'm a big whiskey drinker and hate sweet stuff. should I be in the 3 lb honey per gallon range? using EC 118. I saw where one used 5 lbs per...
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    wlp 380 question?

    i used wlp 380 for the first time in a wheat and its been slow as hell but tastin good. its been in the secondary for 2 weeks. the airlock is showin slow activity after i added 3oz of orange zest. but the gravity has been the same for almost a week. should i bottle? thanks alot God Bless
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    ever used WLP380?

    whats up! I got a orange hefe batch I recently did with WLP380. first time usin that particular yeast. well after checking the gravity I'm at 1.012. cant see it droppin much more. OG was 1.052. the beer has a 1/4 inch layer of thick slushy yeast floating on top. I'm really surprised it hasn't...
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    WLP 380 Yeast Starter ?

    made a starter with the usual 1/2 cup light DME and 2 1/4 cup water ( lil more for evaporation) OG was 1.038 aerated and added yeast at 70F and topped it off with a piece of foil. I've been stirring the growlers every 2 hours. sitting at 68F. absolutely nothing going on. any ideas about...
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    hop editions question?

    ok I would appreciate anyone helpin me with this. I put my hop additions in three different brewing software calculators. HOMEBREW FORMULATOR (on Mac)", BREW PAL (on iPhone), and BREW MATH (on iPhone) curious of the result, sure nuff, each ones different. can someone type in these additions...
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    bottling mead question?

    i hope this hasn't been asked to many times previously. I googled it an couldn't find much on the subject so I wanted to ask u veterans personally. ok I don't know if I'm am gonna like mead (not a sweet alcohol type a gent) so I don't wanna spend money on a corker, bottles, and corks etc...
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    strong mead??? possible???

    whea yat everybody!! I been brewin beer but now I gotta itchin for some mead, but I hate sweet alcohol. i never had mead but im under the impression its sweet. ima a whiskey with a sprits of water a few cubes kinda guy. is there anyway to make like a 30-40 proof mead to taste like a dry honey/...
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    grain freshness ? help?

    ok so i have alot of grain that is about 9 months old. i ordered it milled but i kept it in zip locs and then in a metal tin and it has been kept in the back fridge. do u cats think that it still fresh? i had read previously somewhere that u dont want to mill your grain until your ready to brew...
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    Using pine (lighter knot) in beer?

    whats up ya'll, just had a quick question if anyone can throw a lil love my way? a podna of mine found a whole tree trunk of lighter knot by the bayou recently, for those of you that dont know its really old pine tree were all the sap falls into the base before it dies. well its sits for...
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    dme conversion ?

    sorry i dont have beersmith cause i use mac. i understand beersmith has a converter. i am curious if anyone can tell me how i can convert 4lbs of wheat DME into grain. i did a orange wheat and loved it so much i want to try it all grain. im just not sure on the type of grain and the amount to...
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