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vanilla beans in a porter
Just brewed up a porter and going to be transfering into secondary tonight, I also want to put vanilla beans into the secondary. The question I have is how to make sure that the beans are sanitized ...
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Should the late addition portion of a recipe be altered based on immersion, counterflow, whirlpooling techiques?
When it comes to late addition hops (or other late aeromatics), it seems to me that there might be significant differences in aroma extraction / utilization as the brewer executes different chilling ...
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Does a malt “late addition” affect OG?
I'm following a recipe from a book for an IPA that calls for the following (simplified) steps:
Boil water (3G/11L)
Add Light DME (1lb/450g) & return to boil
Add hops
At 45 mins, add LME ...
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All-late addition hop APA
Has anyone tried this or anything like it from HBC?
http://www.homebrewchef.com/AmarilloPale.html
The claim is that since the AA's are so high, adding late will balance the beer and impart an ...
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Is a late addition of sugar into wine a month after primary ended detrimental?
I'm currently brewing an apple wine. I started it at 1.080, and when that was finished I added another 1.020. Now it has been sitting on it's yeast cake for about one month, and I'm considering if I ...
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Beer calculators and batch/boil size with late fermentable additions
It seems to me that the calculator that I have been using for my recipes (Beer Calculus) allows me to change my batch size, but does not let me adjust WHEN I add my fermentables, as to allow for ...
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Red Ale - Already in primary fermenter, what can I add to it during the secondary?
I decided to brew for my third time now. I have a red ale in the primary fermenter... but I am itching to do something a little more "advanced", since the last two came out good. I'm ready for a new ...
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Is it best to add LME late in the boil?
I just listened to the brew strong episode from nov 29 2010. In it the hosts talk about not boiling LME but instead just adding it straight to the fermentor, or really late in the boil. I have been ...
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How to add spices after the boil
I'm planning to make a few spiced ales from my batch that's bubbling along right now, and I'm wondering what the benefits and drawbacks are to adding whole spices to the secondary as opposed to making ...
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Would/Could you add boiled, rehydrated extract after wort is cooled & topped off to boost OG?
Imagine this scenario. Not that I know anybody who's done this. Let's say it's hypothetical. You're brewing from extract. You cool your wort, transfer it to your fermenter, add your top-off water, ...
