Northern Brewer Chris

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I am a customer service representative for Northern Brewer Ltd. I have been home brewing for 14+ years. I am also a Master BJCP judge and the President of the Minnesota Home Brewers Association.

	3,511 reputation	bio	website	northernbrewer.com	visits	member for	2 years, 6 months
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Apr 21	comment	What to do when gravity comes out too low? Have you calibrated your refractometer lately? If you added the 9.15 pounds of LME and steeped the specialty grains your OG should have been 1.068 in 5 gallons. What OG did you measure?
Apr 21	answered	What to do when gravity comes out too low?
Apr 21	comment	What to do when gravity comes out too low? Do you have recipe details you can post? Was it all grain or extract?
Apr 5	answered	How do you come up with a recipe to use for “Second Runnings”?
Apr 5	comment	Sweet sparkling cider without pasteurizing, sulphites or lactose You can use an artificial sweetener like saccharin that won't ferment but I would personally use pasteurization before adding that.
Apr 4	answered	Sweet sparkling cider without pasteurizing, sulphites or lactose
Apr 1	comment	How can I restore the shape of syphon tubing? I don't know where you purchased the tubing from but if it was from Northern Brewer contact customer service at info@northernbrewer.com and we will send you a replacement.
Apr 1	answered	How low can a beer's final gravity be?
Mar 17	answered	hop back and hot side aeration
Mar 10	comment	Liquid malt extract storage @Room3 - This is a frequent question I get from customers and I was curious what others recommended since I don't deal personally with LME in my own brewing.
Mar 9	answered	Common practices for adding liquor to homebrew?
Mar 8	comment	Measure water before or after adding Malt Extract? Make sure you take into account the fact that water expands when heated. 5 gallons of 210F water won't be 5 gallons at 70F. Take your volume readings at the same temperature and you should be able to predict your boil off after a few batches.
Mar 7	awarded	Nice Answer
Mar 4	answered	Belgian/Canadian Tripel Recipe Question
Feb 22	revised	What is the effect of temperature on dry hopping? added 268 characters in body
Feb 21	answered	What is the effect of temperature on dry hopping?
Feb 21	accepted	What is torrified wheat?
Feb 18	revised	What are the various ways to remove chlorine/chloramine from tap water? added 58 characters in body
Feb 18	asked	What is torrified wheat?
Feb 15	comment	What causes beer to have a “plastic bag burp” taste Perception of flavor has everything to do with one persons physiology. Everyone tastes things differently and has different descriptors for what they are tasting. For example, not everyone can perceive diacetyl but it doesn't mean it's not there. I think this question is on topic and relevant to off flavors in beer.