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| bio | website | billshomebrewing.blogspot.com |
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| location | Los Angeles, CA | |
| age | 32 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 9 months |
| seen | Feb 2 '11 at 17:52 | |
| stats | profile views | 31 |
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Oct 2 |
asked | Too much Irish moss? |
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Sep 30 |
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Making a Yeast Starter Does your rule of thumb of 1 liter per 5 gallons scale linearly with batch size? For example, do you recommend 2 liters of starter for a 10 gallon batch and 0.2 liters for a one gallon batch? |
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Sep 28 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Sep 28 |
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Heinken bottles. What can brown do for you? Block unwanted light from spoiling your beer. |
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Sep 26 |
accepted | Is Mixing Yeast OK? |
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Sep 24 |
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How much “speise” in a Hefeweizen? I imagine this technique could be used for any brew, and that the volume of speise would depend on the OG of the batch. It sounds like a great way to save on corn sugar. |
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Sep 23 |
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How much “speise” in a Hefeweizen? For priming 5 gallons for bottling, it's 3/4 cup of corn sugar. The amount is less for kegging. |
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Sep 23 |
answered | Small Space & Apartment Brewing: Equipment Storage |
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Sep 23 |
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Is Mixing Yeast OK? I was curious about this too. Has anyone done any scientific studies along these lines? |
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Sep 22 |
asked | Is Mixing Yeast OK? |
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Sep 17 |
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Are beer kits any good? Glad to hear it was a success! I stuck with kits for my first 3 or 4 batches before starting to brew my own recipes with extracts and specialty grains. The kit beers got good reviews from my friends, and sometimes better reviews than my own recipes! I'd encourage you to continue with kits until you have the general process down and have developed good sanitation practices, and then branch out to extract/specialty grain recipes. |
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Sep 17 |
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What to expect when making mead? No boil, but I assume I need to reach pasteurization temperatures to kill off all of the nasties which could be living in the honey and the water, right? Something like 161 degF? |
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Sep 17 |
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Sarsaparilla beer? Good idea. I've been looking into getting bottles to ferment 1 or 2 gallon batches of beer so I can do this experiment on a smaller scale with my homebrews. |
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Sep 16 |
accepted | What to expect when making mead? |
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Sep 16 |
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What to expect when making mead? Great! So my plans for making mead as Christmas presents for my family back east this year will have to wait. Thanks for the link to the pdf and Ken Schramm's book. |
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Sep 15 |
awarded | Student |
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Sep 15 |
asked | What to expect when making mead? |
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Sep 8 |
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Sarsaparilla beer? I have been unable to get the sarsaparilla extract so far, but I did experiment with birch extract in a pale ale, an IPA, a porter, and an imperial stout. It seemed like it was best to stay away from hoppy beers since the flavors were not complementary. The birch worked best with the porter and imperial stout. A standard stout might also be a good fit. Of course, I'm not convinced I actually <i>liked</i> any of these beers, but the porter was drinkable with a decent amount of birch extract. |
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Aug 29 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Aug 29 |
accepted | Sarsaparilla beer? |
