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Crust on inside of Fermentor?

Ok. Day three into brewing my first ever batch of brew. It is an American Amber Ale from a kit. Moved it to the glass carboy and its been in there for 3 days. It bubbled like crazy the first two days and created a crazy thick brown head, but now it…
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Help! Brewed same IPA recipe multiple times and this time not as hoppy!

I have brewed this recipe multiple times and has always turned out great, well balanced with bitterness, flavor and aroma. This time it is showing low IBU's even though I used same hop schedule and amounts. IBU calculation shows 72 but tastes like…
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Hazy beer with new braumeister

I've just purchased a 20 litre braumeister and have done two batches with it so far. Prior to the braumeister I used a 3 vessel RIMS. After fermentation had completed I'd transfer it to a secondary, cold crash, then filter it. The result was…
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What are the symptoms of poor aeration?

I made a beer over a month ago. Rather than taking 3-5 days to ferment, it took over 20. After fermentation finished, I took a gravity reading and it fell from 1.040(ish) to 1.010(ish)... Primed, bottled, and gave it a good 2 weeks to carbonate. …
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Have I ruined my brew before I even begin?

I've a question. Have I ruined my brew? I sterilised everything as normal. Got my 2 litres of boiling water and added the contents of my coopers Australian pale ale to it mixed it up with the spoon. Filled the fermentation bucket up to the 22.5L…
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Sediment in bottled elderflower wine

Hi Last year for the first time ever, I made Elderflower wine in September for our daughters wedding March 2014. I've left it alone since bottling it, however I've noticed there is sediment at the bottom of each bottle [10] what do I do about it? We…
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I am having trouble finding 1/2" inside diameter hose barb fittings to feed my Chugger pump

Where can I buy a " 1/2" NPT female x 1/2" ID hose barb " with a true 1/2" inside diameter? My Chugger pump requires a minimum of 1/2" feed to eliminate cavitation.
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