Questions tagged [ingredients]
The items included in the recipe to make the beer/wine
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Why do extract recipes call for a late addition of the bulk of the extract?
My recipe calls for a pound of DME at the beginning of the boil and 6 pounds at 15 minutes to go. What's the point of that?
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Any People with Celiacs Tried Clarity Ferm?
There's been a lot of discussion around Clarity Ferm, and it's ability to break down gluten in beer.
The manufacturers just say it makes "gluten reduced beer", but Omission and others uses it to make ...
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What are the benefits of using brewing sugar over types of sugar?
In many kits I've used, the instructions recommend using brewing sugar. Of course it's okay to use other sources of sugar, but I was wondering whether there are any benefits of using brewing sugar ...
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Why is it bad to pitch too much yeast?
What are the effects of over-pitching? Where is the line for, say, a 1.050 beer?
There is also a question for to under-pitching.
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Using Multiple Strains of Yeast in the Same Batch?
I've been thinking about this recently, so I figured I'd ask it here. Is there any reason you couldn't use two strains of yeast in the same batch of beer? For a particularly high gravity amber ale, ...
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What's the shelf life on crushed specialty grains?
What's the shelf life on crushed specialty grains?
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Adding Ingredients to an IPA Kit
I am a home brewing newbie from the UK.
I have made 2 batches so far; my first was a 1 gallon IPA kit using grains which I was relatively happy with for a first attempt; the second was a 40 pints IPA ...
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Adding juniper berries to secondary
I am making an ale flavored with juniper berries (dried and crushed). I am considering adding some during secondary, much like dry hopping.
What I want from the berries is of course the resinous and ...
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