The liquid extracted from the mashing process during the brewing of beer or whisky. Wort contains the sugars that will be fermented by the brewing yeast to produce alcohol.
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Are Sparge Arms Necessary
Do you really need a sprinkler of some sort to sparge?
Does it really improve the lautering process?
How fancy does a sparge arm need to be, does it really have to rotate or can it just sprinkle all ...
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Cleaner wort out of the Kettle
What are the benefits of completely seperating hot debris, hot break and cold break from the wort?
Getting these things out of the wort and putting nothing but clean and clear wort in the fermentor ...
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How soon after mashing do I need to start my boil?
I'd like to get 2 full boils from 1 mash. Can I keep the 2nd runnings overnight for boiling the following day? If so, what is the best way to store it.
In general, how long can wort be kept after ...
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Steeping Specialty Grains
What is the proper procedure for steeping specialty grains while extract brewing?
Temp, time, grain bags or not.
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Preventing a Stuck Sparge
What steps pre-mash can be taken to limit the likelihood of a stuck sparge?
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Remedy for a Stuck sparge
How do you fix a stuck sparge? Are there any tricks too getting a sparge running again when it slows to a trick or even stops completely?
(This is not intended to be a "how to prevent" the stuck ...
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Partial vs. Full Voume Wort Boil
The starting postion for most new extract brewers is to use a partial boil set up. Defined as using a pot smaller than the intended batch size, all the ingredients are boiled in a smaller volume. ...
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First Wort Hopping (or FWH)
What is First Wort Hopping (FWH) and how best can it be replicated in extract brewing?
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Stirring the wort…
This is probably an incredibly stupid question, but I thought I would ask anyway.
While the wort is cooling down is it recommended to stir it to help the cool down process?
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Where do you brew?
This Saturday (1/2/09) will be my very first time brewing and I am considering my options as far as location.
I have seen some folks boiling their wort outside on a gas grill and the smiling people ...
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Wort Chiller Cool Down Times?
What tools or tricks is everyone using to cool their wort down after the boil? How long does it take you to get down below 70 degrees? I am using an older copper wort chiller (hooks up to a garden ...
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Amount of Water to Boil for Wort
If I'm making a 5 gallon batch of beer, how much water should I use for my wort? Papazian's book says to use 1.5g and add it to 3.5g of room temperature water already in the carboy. I see how this ...
