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How long after bottling will the effects of oxygenation become apparent?
I think it is well understood in the brewing community that oxygen absorbing caps exist and are readily available. I don't keep any on-hand since my brews tend to be consumed rather quickly and are ...
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Inconsistent flavor between my bottles
I bottled my second batch of beer, a nut brown ale recipe from northern brewer. I added coffee to the secondary, and my first bottle I had after 2 weeks bottle conditioning tasted like a nice coffee ...
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Suitable small bottle for liquid
I need to find a leak proof glass bottle for some liquid, which I would later put into the refrigerator. And because I tend to put it horizontally, I would prefer to use a leak proof bottle which is ...
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Kill yeast in keg
I've got a batch of cider that I've kegged. I did so at about 1.011 (OG was 1.052 IIRC). While the yeast activity will decline as the keg chills, I'd like to stop it completely so that I can bottle ...
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How can I tell there is mold in my bottles?
I just got my kit and am about to brew for the first time.
I was warned to not use bottles that have sat out uncleaned because there can be mold in them.
How can I tell if there is mold in my ...
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How To Send Beer Cross Country?
I live in California and I have some friends in Illinois who I would like to swap beers with. What is the best (cheap/safe) way to send a small amount of bottled beer (maybe 1-6 12oz bottles) to ...
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Once a beer is carbonated in the bottle, are there any benefits to aging it?
First time brewer.
I have my beer in the bottle (for about 8 days now). Things are good -- yeast is precipitating out. The instructions that came with the kit suggested to put 1 bottle's worth of ...
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Didn't reach target FG, pitched more yeast, gravity same after a week. Should I just bottle already?
My batch didn't reach the target FG and I'm trying to decide whether to just bottle or to pitch more yeast (would be 3rd pitch).
I have a very similar situation to the one described here:
Brewed an ...
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Types of bottles I can use for beer
Can I use my old water bottles to bottle my beer? Like Dasani or Aquafina type water bottles.
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Do some beers really require special bottles due to pressure?
I recently fell in love with Green Flash's Double stout. I noticed their bottles feel significantly heavier than all my other bottles, and in looking online found this press release.
I know many of ...
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Bottles didn't carbonate, anything I can do?
Brewed an Oatmeal Stout and it has been in bottles for about 4 weeks now and still the bottles haven't carbonated. Tried the first bottle after 2 weeks and it was very flat. Now I just opened one ...
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Reusable Beer Label
So my Dad is an avid brewer, and has always re-used old beer bottles that we drank our way through to bottle his home-brew in. However, for Christmas I made a label on photoshop with our families ...
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cold conditioning saison then bottle conditioning
I brewed a high gravity (1080) saison and am planning on cold conditioning it in secondary at 32 degrees x 2 weeks, then bottle conditioning it. I am wonder will the cold conditioning make all my ...
