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Ways of using tools and tricks to accomplish a task. May refer to any portion of work during any stage in the brewing or fermenting process.

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Critical Steps to follow for any homebrew beer recipe or process

That's a pretty broad question... If I had to pick the one critical variable that's easiest to screw up, and has the biggest effect on the final beer, I would say it's fermentation temperature. Ferm …
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When to add fresh ginger?

Ginger works a little bit like hops - if you boil it longer, it adds a different spiciness than if you add it at flameout or in secondary. Boil a couple ounces of ginger on the stove and you can see …
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How to clean yeast

How to Rinse Yeast for Reuse Collect yeast solids from fermentation. Place yeast in sanitized (or better yet, sterile) container with water. The water volume should be around 4-5X that of the yeast …
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Shaking vs not shaking

...so you want to shake the yeast after fermentation is complete and you've racked off the lees? If anyone disagrees here, please weigh in, but I don't think you'll see a difference, and if anything, …
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How much time should a warm-fermenting yeast strain sit at the high primary temperature?

If the temperature schedule was intended for high attenuation and cleanup of yeast byproducts, such as diacetyl and acetaldehyde, then you should keep it at the warm temperature until a minimum of two …
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How to Properly Oxygenate Wort

So it turns out: The proper amount of oxygen dissolved in wort is 8-10 ppm. Shaking typically yields around 4 ppm. It's possible to achieve as much as 8 ppm with plenty of headspace and LOTS of vig …
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How to Properly Oxygenate Wort

How much oxygen do I need to put into my wort? I've heard that homebrewers need to aerate with an oxygen stone and either aquarium pumps or oxygen. Is this true, or is shaking my carboy enough to ge …
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