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How does lemon juice ferment into hard lemonade?
I'm interested in making a hard lemonade after my cider is done, but I'm having a tough time figuring out how the recipes I've found actually work, and what's the best way to ferment lemon juice. ...
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How do you make your own recipe?
I guess most people brew from kits, or from the many available recipes on the net. But for those few recipe formulators, how do you go about building a recipe?
And, given the inexactness of brewing, ...
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Any good iPhone/iPad apps for brewing?
Looking for recipe formulation, IBU/SG calculations, brewing timers, inventory control, etc.
A bonus if the app renders my iPhone waterproof(wortproof).
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How is the length of each fermentation determined?
When crafting an original recipe, how do brewers determine the length of time at each stage of fermentation? Obviously, several factors weigh in, including the exact composition of the wort, the ...
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What is the BU:GU ratio?
I've seen on recipe sites that it calculates an BU:GU ratio for your recipes. Could someone explain what this is?
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Looking to make an Ancient Egyptian brew, but what about bittering and flavoring?
I've done some research on wines and beers of Ancient Egypt and I've decided I want to try and brew a beer based on the ingredients that would have been available at the time. I don't want to make a ...
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Inverted sugar specific gravity?
I'm doing a recipe, and I'll use inverted sugar that I cooked yesterday. But I don't have idea how to handle the specific gravity. I tried to use the densimeter, but it's useless.
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Will simple Sugar make my “pseudo-lager” finish drier?
This weekend's brew is going to be a Pilsner.
I don't have the set-up to lager at the moment, so I aim to ferment with US-05 at around 16C (60F or so). I did this a while ago and came out with a ...
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Special B -OR- CaraPils?
working on improving recipe formulation and wondering which is better?
Looking for good mouth feel and head retention,(who isn't I guess) but most of all a big malt forward beer. In doing unrelated ...
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What should I do with this 1-lb brick of maple sugar?
Last year I was in Quebec with family and I picked up a 500-gram (1-lb) brick of maple sugar from the marketplace. This stuff is so hard that the locals use a cheese grater on it. It was cheap too. ...
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Recommendations for a beer style w/ Cherry Extract
This summer I bought some fresh tart cherry extract from the area I grew up in Northern Michigan, and I've been excited to use it in a recipe. Any recommendations on what style would be good with ...
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Scaling from partial boil recipe to full
So for the NB Innkeeper, I've read the ibu's should be mid 30's, and their extract kits account for partial boil.
The same additions once scaled for a 6 gallon boil shoots to mid 40's.
I'm guessing ...
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adding 1 g to 5 g recipe - keep OG the same
So i've got a 5 gallon partial mash kit(OG 1.065), and I am looking to add around a gallon to increase my yield for the session.
What formula could I use to know how much extra dme to use to keep ...
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Styles other than steam suited for use of Northern Brewer hops
So I have a one pound bag of northern brewer hops (along with about a half pound left of amarillos). Any suggestions for a recipe or style? I'm typically pretty boring, love to brew APA's, IPA's ...
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Should the starter volume be included in the overall batch size?
I'm giving my first starter a go: a 2.4L starter for a 21L batch overall. Since this looks like it will account for over 11% of the total volume, should I recalc for a 23L / 19L batch? Or should I ...
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What posted recipes have you personally brewed multiple times and have had success with? [closed]
Brewing recipies posted online are very numerous, but I get the feeling that a lot of them might be 'ideas', and maybe have never been even brewed.
I'm sure some members here have had success with ...
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Do I need to add 6-Row to my extract + grains dunkelweizen for proper conversion?
Do I need to add some 6-Row or otherwise tweak this recipe? I'm going to be brewing a dunkelweizen later this month. My recipe uses 6 lbs. of wheat extract and 2.5 lbs. of caramel and chocolate wheat, ...
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Need a simple extract IPA recipe [closed]
I am looking for a simple IPA recipe that I can use with DME (and any other simple/easy ingredients). I've never done my own recipe and have no idea of the different hop characters, so I don't want ...
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Formulating a session saison using extract & grains
I'm looking to put together a session saison & can't find much online to start from. I've got this so far, but would like some feedback.
Malts
500g Munich I (steeped)
3kg x-light / pilsner ...
