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Expected Hydrometer Reading for White House Honey Ale?
A bit of background:
This is my second beer batch. My first beer batch turned out well as an Irish Stout, using the Midwest Brewing kit and recipie
I just started a White House Honey Ale I'm ...
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How to avoid blowoff on a 1 gallon jug?
I'm experimenting with 1 gallon batches, and every single time I had a blowoff. So for the batch I brewed today I just put a bucket of sanitized water and a blowoff tube to start with since I know ...
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Not much activity after 24 hours
Yesterday I brewed up a batch of an american brown ale. 24 hours after pitching, it doesn't to look to be moving so well. There are hints of a krausen, but not as much as there should be. I don't see ...
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New batch of wort in primary for 24hrs now and no “krausen” forming. Trouble?
This is my second batch of wort. My first went so smoothly I decided to start another in the primary after racking the fisrt over to the carboy. It's been sitting in the primary now for 24hrs and ...
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Lager krausen won't fall
I'm brewing my first true lager with White Labs WLP800 and the krausen won't fall. I'm being somewhat impatient because it's taking up primary space right now. I pitched at 44°f and let it rise to ...
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Cider apples: what's in the foam on top of my juice?
When I juice tart apples (cored and peeled, centrifugal planer type juicer), I get cloudy juice and lots of mealy foam on top. The bubbles are tough. They last for days and I can freeze the foam. ...
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What is the advantage of krausening?
Krausening seems to be a fair bit of work to the homebrewer with very little return. So, what advantages does krausening bring, other than not having to add any additional sugar to the beer for ...
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What is this white stuff on the surface of my beer?
I've just gone to rack & bottle a witbier that has been in primary for about 5 weeks and noticed this white gunk floating on top of the beer.
It doesn't look too healthy, what is it? Is it safe? ...
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Fermentation stopped and then started again
Hey friends. So I'm working on my first home brew. It's been in the fermenter for 3 days. After the second day of vigorous fermenting and hardcore airlock bubbling, the krausen started subsiding and ...
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Krausen During Primary
I'm wondering what other peoples' experiences are with krausen at the start of fermentation. I've had some beers that have bubbled along happily without producing huge amounts of foam, and others ...
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What is a proper blow-off tube setup?
36 hours ago I brewed a BIG red ale and pitched some kick-ass WLP001. The picture on the left is what I had late last night (24 hr in). Made me a little nervous. And this morning the krausen had ...
