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Is it OK to bottle condition using previously contaminated bottles?
Almost a year ago I made a saison batch that got contaminated, I stored it out of sight(without emptying them) and forgot about it.
Suppose I empty the bottle now, wash them good and sanitize them with starsan.
Can I use them again or should I throw…
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How long does clarification take given a refrigerator temperature level cold crash?
In this question defining cold crashing, there is some discussion of ramping the temperature down slowly over a long time, but then says quicker cold crashing is possible if the beer has already completed fermentation.
In this question, I'd like to…
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Advice for high temperature fermentation (for a beginner)
I'm living in Singapore where the ambient temperature fluctuates between 28 and 33 C most days. In the back of my apartment where I keep my fermentor, the temperature should be pretty stable around 30.
I've tried brewing a couple of beers using ice…
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Ginger bug does not produce enough carbonation
I am using the following recipe to grow an active ginger bug:
2 cups bottled water
2 tbsp grated organic ginger
2 tbs refined sugar
Each day I add 2 tbsp ginger and 2 tbsp sugar to the mix. I wash all my utensils with bottled water before using. I…
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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.
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After getting more details I noticed their manual changed.
Here…
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Measuring alcohol when using ginger bug
I have recently started to get my feet wet by making some ginger beers using a ginger bug to start the fermentation.
I would like to know the alcohol content of my final product, but as the ginger bug has both bacteria and yeast eating the sugars I…
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Is there anything as too much priming sugar?
I know there are priming sugar calculators out there to help decide how much sugar one should add but is there any thing as too much priming sugar and if yes what would be the side effect to expect?
I have brewed two batches now but they both lacked…
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Adding pectic enzyme to mead
I do not have any pectic enzyme and want to start a mead batch today. Can it be added later as there is no supply distributor in my town
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Did my mead stall? What can I do?
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This is my first mead and I know I've made more than a few mistakes up to this point in the process, but I'm hoping for a Mead Doctor to roll in and tell me what I can do from here. I brewed a 5gal batch that seemed to be…
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What are the effects of a watery mash?
What are the effects of having too much water in your mash? If it's too "soupy" or watery or whatnot.
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How many gravity points will explode a bottle?
If a difference of around 3 gravity points (between primed and final gravity) will carbonate a beverage (yes, depending on style), how many gravity points will make a bottle bomb?
No, I'm not trying to make one - nor am I trying to trying to carb…
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Storing the kegs outside during the winter
Many of us don't have refrigerators for these 50 liter kegs and the CO2 tank. With due care not to expose the CO2 tank in direct sunlight, to what temperatures will these pressurized kegs be fine with 4% alcohol cider inside them ? How about 7% ?
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What exactly is krausen (and why does this batch not have much)?
...and as a followup, how much should I care?
I've always used krausen presence as a rough indicator of fermentation vigor in primary. But my current batch hardly has any, with a few days at never more than a half inch. It's definitely going, with…
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Measuring alcohol content
How do you measure alcohol content in a fermented drink without relying on measurements of gravity?
Say we have a bottle of water (pasteurized), add sugar (that has been treated to have no living organisms on it), and then a packet of 100% pure…
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Not getting enough juice from my apples
I've just made a batch of cider from 16kg (35 lbs) of apples. Based on various sources (example), I expected to extract about 8L (1.75 gal) of juice - however, I only managed to get about 4.5L (1 gal), which I feel is too little trade off for the…
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