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A fermented beverage where the majority of the fermentable sugars are derived from malted grains via mashing.
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Am I required to refrigerate bottles after bottling?
You'll want to store the newly bottled beer at around 70 degrees for a few weeks. Since you are bottle conditioning, the yeast will need time to carbonate the beer. … If you put the beer in the fridge now, the yeast will drop out before it finishes eating the priming sugar, and you'll have flat beer. …
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What is a good definition of beer?
The definition of beer is a fairly wide one. … So, mainly, beer is a fermented beverage based on grain. Hops are optional, and, in fact, there is no record of their use in beers brewed before 822. …
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What happens if a beer gets oxidized?
If you plan to drink your beer soon, it may not matter much. If you are going to age your beer for a while, you may experience staling reactions that will create these off-flavors. … It is important to know when you should aerate your beer (or wort) and when you should not. …
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Keeping my pale ale "pale"
If you are doing partial boils, you are probably getting significant wort darkening and lower hop utilization from the high gravity boil. Extract tends to come out darker regardless, but this can be …
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of transferring to a secondary vs. a long primary?
Since oxidation is not a concern, a longer aging in a glass container can produce a beer with greater clarity. … This is usually done by racking the beer on top of a pile of fruit or fruit puree in the secondary fermenter. …
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Barleywine fermentation is slow. How can I speed it up?
Rousing the yeast and fermenting at warmer temperatures will speed fermentation. However, particularly with a barley wine -- where there are a lot of sugars present -- it can take more than a week for …
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Yeast, CO2 Toxicity with mead and beer
It's likely a trade-off between stressing the yeast with CO2 and having oxidized beer. … Depending on how early in fermentation we're talking about, O2 can actually be added to beer. …
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Addition of hops to double IPA
This will depend on what kind of hops you're using and personal preference. Let's start with the boil:
In general, hops in a bag are going to give you less flavor/bitterness than the same quantity f …
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What can I do with my spent grain after mashing?
It has been suggested to me that I add my spent grain to the local brewery's or brew pub's spent grain. They apparently have an arrangement with local farmers who can use it. I have not yet contacte …
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Repitching yeast on back to back brews, which one first?
It is generally recommended to brew low-gravity beers before higher-gravity ones when re-pitching yeast. It is often said that you should also pitch light before dark beers. I asked a question about …