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Is it fine to add beet root for colouring in the middle of fermentation?
It's been 3 days of fermentation, I added beet root for colouring in the middle of fermentation. I used china globe grape (not that red), and after hours later the bubbles getting lesser
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What should I do after the primary fermentation of my cider?
I've just started making cider, and after 12 hours of reading I came up with a plan, but I need reassuring what should I do next:
It's nearly constantly 25°C in my flat (where I brew),
I used ...
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Baloon air lock not inflating after second day
I'm making mead for the first time. I used bakers yeast and a baloon as an air lock . The tutorial said that the yeast will be off gasing for 3 weeks but my mead only off gased the first day. Now it's ...
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Brewing Low ABV Lager
Good day!
My question is simple, me and the wife love lager, I like a good 5% ABV but the wife is a light weight and likes a 3.5% ABV so the question is:
How can I brew a nice lager (similar to ...
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Any food alternatives you can use to brewers yeast nutrient?
It would be a week or till I can get some brewers nutrient is there any food substitute I can use, apples, rice, sweetcorn, apple juice, tomato paste etc?
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How can I brew lager at room temperature?
I would like to try to make lager at room temperature (around 30 C). I plan to reduce yeast and fermentation in 2 weeks in order to avoid the off favor and fusel alcohol in beer.
Can I do this by ...
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Good homebrewing podcasts?
Does any one have suggestions on podcasts about homebrewing? Preferably a short excerpt about what topics they bring up.
Thank you.
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Has anyone had any success brewing 11.5l in a 30l container?
I am keen to start home brewing but I don't want to make 23l of beer at a time. I'd like to brew smaller batches of different beers.
I have looked at the starter brewery kits available locally and ...
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Can you brew only half a can and store the rest for later?
I am keen to start Home brewing but brewing 23 litres at a time seems a bit excessive, so I'd like to halve the recipe and only use half a can of brew kit. Does anyone know if this works and how long ...
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How to make a great stout? [closed]
I'm about to start an out the box Stout tonight and would like to know if anyone has any tips to make this great tasting?
This is the first time I've tried making a stout so am rather clueless at the ...
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When racking my beer, it looked like someone had poured cream in
I made my first beer from a kit and followed the instructions carefully as well as reading around. Specifically, I was very careful about cleaning and sterilisation.
I had a 2 FV setup and after 2 ...
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My elderflower syrup has (unexpectedly) started fermenting. How should I handle this to obtain something drinkable?
About 10 days ago I made some elderflower syrup. I used:
350g of elderflower
6 liters of water
8kg of sugar
160g of citric acid
12 lemons cut in pieces
I left everything macerate for 2 days and then ...
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did i put too much yeast in?
this is the beer i made
ingredients:
17 litres spring water
1 can of coopers Australian pale ale i think it was 1.7 kg normal size
500 grams malt extract
coopers brew enhancer 1 which is 250 grams ...
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Really strong beer's gravity (1.120) won't drop below 1.042
I've brewed my second beer, it's starting gravity was 1120. It didn't seem to want to get a gravity below 1050 after 9 days, so i added champagne yeast. Two days later it dropped down to 1042. 4 days ...
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Home-made coffee liqueur
Previously, I made cherry liqueur. Beyond that, I do not have much experiance about homebrewing.
Now I want to make coffee liqueur, but I have no idea how to do?
I need help with the ingredients and ...
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Is this cider production method flawed?
Okay, tomorrow is the day I am making my first batch of cider. I have 21kg of late season, fairly sharp dessert apples and will be following the following todo list. Is there anything obviously wrong ...
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How do you add Red Pepper to beer?
I want to try brewing a beer infused with Red Pepper. My original idea was to infuse it with Tabasco sauce but have read about it going wrong or having a vinegar taste. Being from Louisiana I feel ...
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Growlers v 12oz Bottles
As an about to brew newbie who foundly remembers his grandfathers home brew bubbling away back in th e late 50's & 60's when iy was actually (still) illegal) in 20g ceramic crock (w/nothing but ...
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