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Apr 9 |
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Why is my attenuation so low? How confident are you in your thermometer for measuring mash temp? A few degrees out could put you into less-fermentable mash profile territory. Also, racking the beer off that early wouldn't have helped the situation. If you're pitching new yeast at that point, it really should be actively fermenting as the conditions are less than ideal for aclimatising. Next time, I'd definitely leave the beer on the yeast longer, and possibly ramp the temp up towards the end to encourage the yeast to finish the job and clean-up. |
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Apr 3 |
answered | Why shouldn't we just use scales? |
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Apr 3 |
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Pros and cons of a conical fermentor Yep, fermenting in a keg would be very similar. Just added another pro of being able to dump trub & break material before pitching. You could probably do that in a keg too. I'd argue you could get a cleaner harvest from the conical, but at a home brewing level, it's probably not that big a deal. |
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Apr 3 |
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Pros and cons of a conical fermentor Trub/break dump point added |
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Apr 3 |
answered | Pros and cons of a conical fermentor |
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Mar 12 |
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Estimating final alcohol by Original Gravity MalFet's answer is good, but at the end of the day, it's still an estimate and open to a reasonable error range. If you have experience in tasting beers, you may be able to draw on that to work out whether the estimated FG is in the ballpark. However, if you don't have much room for error, you should buy a hydrometer and actually measure the FG. |
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Mar 7 |
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Stout- Cocoa or Nibs? Thanks, I've not seen or heard of powdered peanut butter before - I'll have to keep an eye out for it! |
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Mar 6 |
answered | Peanut Butter Chocolate Stout- Cocoa or Nibs? |
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Jan 16 |
answered | BJCP Category for a Black Witbier |
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Jan 14 |
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Oxyclean safe inside the bottle +1 for the answer, -1 for the reasoning! |
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Dec 7 |
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Is it Possible to Collect Too Much Volume From Mash Tun? Add basic summary of linked resources |
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Dec 7 |
answered | Is it Possible to Collect Too Much Volume From Mash Tun? |
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Nov 15 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Oct 15 |
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Can I use liquid nitrogen to cool my wort? More information about no chilling at: aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/… . There are some things to keep in mind when going down that route (such as timings of hop additions) and it may not be the most ideal way of chilling, but it is certainly possible to brew award-winning beers using this method. |
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Oct 12 |
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Can I use liquid nitrogen to cool my wort? I understand the potential for worry about water consumption, but I would be surprised if the amout of water used to generate the energy that goes into the process of obtaining liquid nitrogen would be any less! Never mind the hazards of handling liquid nitrogen. I would much sooner use the "no-chill" method, or look at ways to reclaim and reuse the water from chilling. |
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Oct 11 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Oct 11 |
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How do you harvest yeast from a commercial beer? In addition to making sure there's yeast to capture, also realise that some beers are filtered prior to bottle conditioning and primed with a different yeast (eg, a more flocculant yeast), so make sure you know exactly which yeast you're harvesting! |
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Oct 3 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Oct 3 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Sep 27 |
answered | Any reason not to boil for longer? |
