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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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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Suggestions for inline heating unit housing for wort circulator?
I built an inline heating element assembly using some 1" copper pipe, a 1" threaded female fitting and some 1/2" fittings. The idea is, wort comes in from the bottom 1/2" fitting, flows over the ...
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After how long of a boil will LPT1 and other head retention proteins denature?
I've read that certain proteins denatured during the wort boil is responsible for causing great, delicious foam.
I don't get me no foam.
I'm also doing partial boils using extract.
So my question ...
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Fitering BIAB wort
I have recently started BIAB, and my wort is very cloudy after the boil. Much "cloud material" ends up in the fermentor, since it takes really long to settle and is easily stirred. It mostly looks ...
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What does scorched wort taste like?
I just did my first batch on a campchef propane burner http://cascadeclimbers.com/gear/hiking/product/Camp-Chef-Yukon-Stove.html Problem is that in the during the boil it never crossed my mind that ...
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Temperature control equipment and Fresh Wort Kits
My first brewing attempt (from a can) has just finished bottle fermenting and it turned out pretty bad (mostly just tasted very weak). I'm not concerned though, I know what mistakes I made along the ...
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Is 2 hours cooling the wort before adding yeast too long
I forgot about the warmer tap water and found my wort was way too hot and even after adding ice and standing the fermenter in ice water it took nearly two hours before is was the right temperature so ...
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how well to strain wort after boil
Just wondering how well you folks strain your wort when transferring to primary.
I brewed my first batch last night and, aside from forgetting to take an OG reading, everything went well. However, ...
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Electric brewing inside
It's starting to get cold out there but I still want to brew. I started looking into electric brew kettles (i am still new and only using extracts kits). Most of the stuff I read online is about ...
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Western Australia: 2 weeks in the Wort - is this too long in summer time?
Usually in summer in WA I can bottle my beers within one week of placing the ingredients in the wort (plastic fermenting bucket with airlock). This is due to the average temperature being 25-30 ...
