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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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Beer in the American West. Just what was it?

If any brewers here have made inquiries into historical styles of brewing, I have, for no particular reason, this question: In the American West of the late-ish 1800s, when a just-paid cow poke went into a bar and asked for "a beer" just what was he…
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Can I put my beer into a glass jug instead of a bunch of bottles or will a cork not hold up to carbonization

My beer is close to being done fermenting. There is 5 gallons of it and I was wondering if instead of putting it into a bunch of bottles I could put it into 5 glass jugs that have rubber corks?
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What does "dregs" mean?

I have seen the term "dregs" used in different context like sour beer brewing or "bottle dregs". The straight definition for it: "the remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment or grounds.". How is this term used in…
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Thick head on Double IPA

My double IPA when poured into a glass has a thick foamy head that remains there the entire time I drink it. Is this good or bad? The beer tastes great!
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How long will recipe kits with the yeast keep fresh?

I use recipe kits to brew five gallon batches of homebrew and would like to purchase a kit and keep it around during the winter to have when we are snowbound. My question is how long will they be good and what about the yeast in the kits?
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Addition of hops to double IPA

When brewing a double IPA do I have to put the hops in steeping bag or do I just toss toss them in. This question applies to both the boiling phase and when I have to dry hop later!
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Brewing with Pico C results in way too much yeast flavor

When I brew according to the instructions by the picobrew in my pico C the resulting beer has way too much yeast flavor. I already had 3 batches and all of them have this problem. Edit: After getting more details I noticed their manual changed. Here…
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Adding honey to a cooled wort

Can I add a 12oz or 24oz of honey to a cooled 5 gallon wort without boiling it or does it have to be boiled. Does 12oz or 24 oz sound like the right addition to the wort, I was going to add 4oz of watermelon extract at bottling.
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Is my beer contaminated?

I just finished fermenting a brew and I forgot to remove the blow off tube which is a tube sitting in a 500 ml bottle of water. So when I started sucking beer out of my fermenter, I sucked all the water from the bottle. I decided to carbonate one of…
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Dry hopping a double IPA

So if I do a secondary fermentation for a double IPA and transfer it to a carboy(better bottle) should I use a steeping bag?, or is it better to keep it in the primary fermenter and add the dry hops there and not use secondary fermentation?
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Transfer to secondary.

I am transfering my beer to a secondary fermenter (better bottle carboy). Do I need to shake or stir it to help the fermentation in the secondary!
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is it possible to use near beer as my wort and add brewers yeast to have beer with %5-6 ABV?

Good day to everyone in here! This is my first post and I'm a newbie in here , and I would like to ask you guys if I can use non alcoholic beer ( near beer) as my wort + brewer yeast ( not bread yeast) to get %5-6 ABV ? The reason is because in…
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Picobrew Pico VS home brewing

While I was searching how to solve some brewing problems I watched a video for picobrew Pico https://youtu.be/LFtH24eCNbU This machine will be in the markets soon ... but there was another products already in the market. My Question: is it better…
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Re-using the yeast cake for another brew!

Just finishing up a American Ale and was told by another homebrewer that I could use the yeast cake in the fermentor to brew a hard apple cider when I transfered the beer to bottles for conditioning. The yeast I used was a Wyeast activator pack 1272…
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Fill water in primary

When I am finished with the brew and want to top it off in the primary fermenter to make it an even 5 gallons. What type of water can I use. Can I use Jugs of purfied water from the store?
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