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The liquid extracted from the mashing process during the brewing of beer or whisky. Wort contains the sugars that will be fermented by the brewing yeast to produce alcohol.

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Is it ok if my transferred wort has some undissolved hops in it?

The whole hops are easy to spot (they'll be those leaves floating on top of your wort). Pelletized hops break up and are normally found in the bottom of your boil kettle. …
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AG brewing newbie, can only hit 50% efficiency, what's going wrong?

That part where you said that "it got a bit hot at first" is likely your culprit. The enzymes that break starches down into sugars (Amylase) don't like getting too hot and they die off. It's far bett …
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What if I accidentally boiled for 90 minutes?

This will give you a bit of a toffee character to your beer because the sugars in the wort will caramelize a little more. …
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My cooled wort got contaminated by tap water. What are the primary consequences of re-boiling?

Unless your tap water is bad, I wouldn't call dilution "contamination". If this happened to me, I would do a small boil with DME or LME (just enough to get everybody dissolved), cool it down and dum …
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Anyone Know of Any Homebrewing Video Tutorial Blogs

Herb Tarlek is right... there are tons of youTube channels and Northern Brewer's stuff is good. As to the matter of overcarbing some bottles and undercarbing others in the same batch: here's how to s …
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