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What changes needed to recipe when switching Ale to Lager yeast

I plan on brewing a porter next week that calls for a American Ale yeast. But my basement temperature would be perfect for using a California Lager yeast (aka Anchor Steam yeast). I've seen some ...
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Abuse my recipe! Belgian pale ale [closed]

My main motivation is to build a big yeast cake of 3787 to brew a triple, but I might as well make as good a beer as I can in the process. I've specified Crystal 30 because Caravienne is not ...
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What's the line between brown ale and porter?

Southern English brown ale, which I like, seems to differ from porter, which I dislike, by only a matter of degree. It just seems to be about the amount of specialty grains. Is there any other ...