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Using a low alcohol tolerance yeast in potentially high alcohol must
i have posted this question on other forums but haven't really gotten a good answer.
If I am attempting to create a sweet mead and want to avoid backsweetening (lots of additional tweaking) or ...
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My first homebrew has a very low alcohol content
I just finished my first homebrew (yay!), but my hydrometer is reading a very low alcohol content. I brewed an Edme bitter (pre-made wort and I bought the malt extract) and it tastes great, but it's ...
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What effect will water with a high Zinc content have on my brew?
I'm about to brew some cider, followed by some pale lager from two kits. I've decided to use bottled spring water from a company just up the road from me. They claim on their website that their water ...
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What type of rum do rum balls contain? [closed]
I've been trying to find out what type of rum do they put in Casali's Rum Kokos (rum balls). I really really like the rum filling and I'm dying to buy a bottle of something similar.
I have already ...
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Can I add more yeast during primary fermentation?
I've got a brew that's been on primary fermentation for 10 days and still haven't seen any activity in the airlock (again). Gravity has dropped from 1.040 to 1.014, but I'd still like to raise the ...
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Calculating Alcohol by Volume
I've got a formula for calculating ABV (alcohol by volume) from several different sources on the Internet:
((76.08*(OG-FG)/(1.775-OG))*(FG/0.794))
It works just great, but it's not the easiest one ...
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How would I make Alcoholic Rootbeer?
I picked up some rootbeer extract at my local brewshop, and I've made a few batches in old soda bottles... but is it possible brew it with an alcohol content similar to that of beer?
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How to adjust alcohol content of a beer?
I have read stories about people brewing beer with an extremely high alcohol content, and am curious about how they do it.
At a basic level, I know that alcohol is a byproduct of yeast breaking down ...
