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| Fermentation in brewing | 9/9/2009 |
Q: What factors affect the rate of fermentation?
A: The factors that affect fermentation in my experience are as follows: The amount of yeast first ...
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| accidental brew | 8/4/2009 |
Q: We made iced tea in a closed pitcher, lots of sugar and added some overripe lemons. Because I had a ...
A: By 200 do you mean .200? Blood alcohol is measured by percent and .200 is pretty high, twice that ...
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| accidental brew | 7/31/2009 |
Q: We made iced tea in a closed pitcher, lots of sugar and added some overripe lemons. Because I had a ...
A: Kathy: It was probably the spontaneous fermentation of the sugar in the tea, caused by the wild ...
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| Bad Brew | 4/22/2009 |
Q: I have recently started brewing my own beer using prepackaged wort kits (4 gallons wort ,add 2 ...
A: Pat: It might well be that the kits were bad. I have never done the no boil kits. Makes me ...
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| Bad Brew | 4/20/2009 |
Q: I have recently started brewing my own beer using prepackaged wort kits (4 gallons wort ,add 2 ...
A: Pat: Sanitizing was my first bet, but if you are sure you were meticulous then I'll accept that. ...
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| Force Carbonation vs. Bottle Conditioning | 3/12/2009 |
Q: Hey, I'm a somewhat new homebrewer, but I'm getting pretty involved. We bought a kegerator and ...
A: Dave: First, some people say that kegging does change the type of head and its retention. You can ...
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| Bread using ale yeast | 3/7/2009 |
Q: As a home brewer I've been experimenting with bread making and have been using the "spent" yeast ...
A: Actually, you have rediscovered something. I just read a book by Peter Rhienhart called The Baker's ...
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| Lite beer | 12/25/2008 |
Q: I am thinking about starting to brew my own beer. Can lite beer be homed brewed? Thanks for any ...
A: Randy: Trying to brew lite beer is kind of like trying to build you own car from scratch. Why ...
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| Sugar in beer and wine | 12/9/2008 |
Q: I am a type 2 diabetic and like beer and wine. Please could you advise me as to how much sugar (in ...
A: Rob: It is not so much the sugar as it is the carbohydrates you need to be wary of. Alcohol can ...
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| Adding CO2 to form bubbles | 12/5/2008 |
Q: I am trying to develop a beer dispenser using a CO2 tank to add bubbles. How can I control bubbles ...
A: Roger: You need a regulator. The normal setup includes a CO2 tank with a pressure gauge to tell ...
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| second ferm. | 11/23/2008 |
Q: when should I transfer beer to second fermentation after bubbles completly stop or before?
A: There are mixed opinions on it. If you are a relative beginner, and you only have one carboy, and ...
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| Yeast taking over bottled beer | 11/4/2008 |
Q: I recently brewed a Pike IPA 5 gal kit using malt extract. I used a secondary fermentation after 4 ...
A: I made a red ale and had a collar of yeast in the neck of the bottle. I neve3r was able to explain ...
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| Yeast taking over bottled beer | 11/4/2008 |
Q: I recently brewed a Pike IPA 5 gal kit using malt extract. I used a secondary fermentation after 4 ...
A: Jody: Are you sure it is yeast and not bacteria? One way to figure it out is to open one. Do it ...
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| Better recipe for Beer kits | 10/15/2008 |
Q: I have been recently interested in home brewing, and will start my very first batch soon. I got a ...
A: Gabriella: love that neme :-) Stop. I think you were getting my example confused with directions ...
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| Better recipe for Beer kits | 10/14/2008 |
Q: I have been recently interested in home brewing, and will start my very first batch soon. I got a ...
A: Gabriela: You might as well make the kit since you have it. When I started brewing I followed the ...
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| Beer Brands | 9/29/2008 |
Q: Please list top five beers that have the least bitter taste
A: Joseph: Maybe this will help you more. Hop bittering is to balance the sweetness of the beer. Hop ...
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| Carbonating Beer | 9/6/2008 |
Q: I was wondering is there a way to force carbonate beer in the bottle or something that will do it ...
A: The only way to do it without kegging is to bottle condition the beer. This is a basic concept of ...
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| formaldehyde in Heineken beer | 6/13/2008 |
Q: I was recently told that there is formaldehyde used in beer and in particular Heineken beer? Is this ...
A: Kathy: I heard this same kind of thing about Singha (Thai beer) back in the 1980's. This is a case ...
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| My beer has been skunked! | 6/4/2008 |
Q: I am a home brewer and I have noticed that the past 3 batches that i have brewed have skunked? I ...
A: Nicole: Even the best of us have this happen, I just had to pour out 10 gallons, two 5 gallon kegs ...
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| start up specific gravity too high | 3/17/2008 |
Q: This is only the 4th time I tried from a kit 1 succeeded and 2 just so so. Tonight I Started a ...
A: Dwaine: Sure, SP is just the measure of the fermentable sugar in the wort. It will ferment out and ...
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| Carbonation | 1/25/2008 |
Q: I am using PET 3 liter bottles, if the presure seems to high can they be burpted?
A: James: I don't see why not, although you might experience a bit of foaming if they aren't cold. ...
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| yeast | 11/2/2007 |
Q: Hey, Id love to brew more beer and wine but due to the area that I live in brewing yeast is not ...
A: Josiah: It will make a small beer, that is, weak beer. Since it won't ferment out all the way, you ...
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| chem in booz | 10/28/2007 |
Q: which has the most harmful chemicals-beer, wine or scotch whisky ??
A: Vijay: By far, I would have to say scotch. There is a class of chemicals in the scotch that are ...
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| homebrewing | 10/25/2007 |
Q: me and my boyfriend just started to home brew what do you think is the easyest beer to make that ...
A: Connie: First, you probably know the difference between a Aager and an Ale. An ale is definetely ...
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| sugar carbonation | 10/17/2007 |
Q: I am relatively new at the beer brewing process, but I have had reasonable success so far. I ...
A: Elizabeth: No. Splenda is a chemical compound that mimics sugar on our taste buds. It does not ...
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| Short fermentation | 10/11/2007 |
Q: I'm brewing from a recipe to replicate the Belgian Leffe beer, and the fermentation seemed to finish ...
A: Rob: Have you ever made sour dough bread? A starter is just a bit of boiled unhopped wort, dry ...
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| Short fermentation | 10/10/2007 |
Q: I'm brewing from a recipe to replicate the Belgian Leffe beer, and the fermentation seemed to finish ...
A: Pitch more yeast. You appear to have a stuck ferment. In the higher gravity worts like a belgian ...
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| Beer not fermenting | 10/2/2007 |
Q: This is the first time its ever happened to me. I made a wort for a pale ale, and thought of adding ...
A: It sounds like a stuck fermentation. You probably need to aerate the wort. Plug the carboy and ...
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| commercial plastic bottles | 8/17/2007 |
Q: I've read where you can reuse commercial glass bottles, but have to beware of capping challenges. ...
A: Mike: I would avoid the screw on types. I don'tuse them, but do use the regular 12 oz and the 16 ...
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| Steeping Grains | 8/8/2007 |
Q: I just did my second batch, and used grains. I used my grain bag but had lots of husks/skin/shell ...
A: Aaron: Most of the time the grain is cracked when you buy it. If you got it from a brew supply ...
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| small kit | 6/26/2007 |
Q: I live in a small condo and was wondering if it was possible to brew using a 1 or 2 gallon kit, and ...
A: Small batch brewing is a common thing. You can actually use the one gallon jugs that inexpensive ...
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