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Ideas about clearing a clogged collection ball on conical fermenter

I am preparing a heavily dry hopped beer. So far I have added my home grown yeast on brewing day with multiple hops. I have dry hopped twice again, and am at the final dry hop 5 days before bottling. I emptied the collection ball once with no…
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Club Meeting Ideas

I'm a relatively new brewer (couple of years) and I'm on the executive of our local brew club. I was wondering if anyone had some great ideas for club meeting topics. If you have already done a session on this topic perhaps you could include links…
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When should you treat your water for pH for a sour beer?

According to this question's answer, from Denny Conn, You don't pretreat the water because it's the mash pH you're concerned with, not the water pH. And this agrees with this article on the power of pH, Malted barley contains phosphates, which…
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Is air at the top of a demijohn harmful?

Sometimes I make a large batch of wine and fill maybe two or three demijohns, sometimes four. I don't know how many demijohns I can fill until I've filled them. That means, sometimes I end up with an extra two pints or something of unfermented wine.…
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30° Celsius bottle conditioning. How bad is it?

I have a problem my house is getting super hot during the summer, cannot find cool place to store my beer. I made a little insulated chamber but I seem not working at all. Recently I brewed an ale and fermentation temperature was in the normal range…
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Maturation - what does it mean?

Homebrew recipes often give information along the lines of "6-8 weeks maturation". What exactly does maturation mean here in terms of conditions? Is it the same as a secondary? Can the beer "mature" on the yeast? Does it have to be bottled/kegged…
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Sanitizing Second Hand Equipment (plastic fermenters etc)

Would you ever use second hand brewing equipment? What's the best way of making sure it's absolutely clean? Ordinarily, for something like this, I'd just buy new (so you know where it's been), or for things like glass bottles (which are hard to…
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The move from kit brewing to all grain brewing

I have brewed a few batches of beer using pre-measured kits. They have turned out great, and have I have enjoyed them. However, I would like to make the move towards all grain brewing. Is this a difficult move to make? Any good advice?
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What type of beers stand up to temperature variation during fermentation?

I've just moved from a Condo into a house, where I am now paying for heat. In the area that my Domestic Sergeant Major has permitted me to brew in, the temperature varies from 16° to 21° C throughout the day. What's a good type of beer to brew…
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What to do with a stuck fermentation after 2 days with my first beer kit?

I am trying my first beer kit after trying wine once before. I picked up a "Summit Avenue EPA" clone of Summit EPA from Midwest Supplies. On Monday I did the 60 minute boil, cooled everthing to about 75 degrees F and pitched the yeast. Took a…
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Time It Takes Brett C to Ferment

So I have this idea where I want to thread a citra-laden Belgian IPA with a pineapple beer fermented with Brett C and Brett C only. Does anyone have any experience using Brett C and can speak to how long it will take to ferment? I know that Brett L…
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Beer tastes like sanitizer

I've used a no-rinse iodophor sanitizer both times I've brewed. Both times the beer seems to taste a bit like sanitizer. Is it possible I am using too much sanitizer? The last beer I brewed was an all-grain blonde ale, and I way overshot the OG and…
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Dispensing beers at two different pressures?

I'm working on getting a dual-tap kegerator. Is it worth it to pay the extra to dispense two beers at two different pressures? I can see dispensing a low-carbonation ESB and a high-carbonation weizen side-by-side, but I don't want to go overboard…
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Recipe simply calls for caramalt

Some friends and I wanted to try to recreate the brew dog Vagabond Pale Ale from their diy dog catalog. The grain bill looks as follows Pale Ale 3.38kg 7.43lb Caramalt 0.5kg 1.1lb Crystal 150 0.19kg 0.41lb My question is, when a recipe simply…
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Wyeast 1187 Ringwood Failure

I'll start by saying that I've never used liquid yeast before, so it could all be my fault... Anyway, I ordered some Wyeast 1187 Ringwood to use for a Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA clone that I did on Sunday night. I'd stored the yeast in the fridge…
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