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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / DME vs. LME

« on: May 08, 2012, 08:18:49 pm »

At my local store LME is more expensive

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / DME vs. LME

« on: May 08, 2012, 07:25:11 pm »

DME lasts longer than LME. LME can darken over time. Is there any pro to using LME over DME? Just a question that came to my mind while messing around in beersmith

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Mango Saison

« on: May 06, 2012, 01:45:48 pm »

/quote
Just one question, what is aromatic malt? Is that the name of the malt or are there malts that are designated as aromatic malt?



Lol ive been there too, it's just the name

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Beer Recipes / Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale from Zymurgy Jul/Aug 2011

« on: May 06, 2012, 01:42:54 pm »

Ive done other recipes from his book and the colors are always off. I think its because of the backdrops in the pictures and the variation of ingredients. My Midas touch tastes just like a bottle one but was alot lighter than the pic in the book but darker than one from the brewery. I did the Ginger saison and while that's still fermenting it's way darker than the pic in the book.

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Beer Recipes / Leftover hops

« on: May 05, 2012, 07:24:35 am »

That sounds pretty tasty what grains would you suggest to make that with

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Question about styles

« on: May 04, 2012, 06:42:25 pm »

Some cream ale yeast is a mix of both lager and ale yeast.

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Beer Recipes / Leftover hops

« on: May 04, 2012, 06:40:46 pm »

I have some leftover hops from my last few brews and i want to use them up before they go bad. Anyone have any good ideas what i could use with 1 1/2 oz styrian golding 1/2 oz fuggles and 1oz northendown that would be good?

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Yeast and Fermentation / Which yeast?

« on: May 03, 2012, 12:39:17 pm »

Ok well I'm looking for spice > fruit anyways

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Aroma Trouble

« on: May 03, 2012, 09:47:21 am »

You said it was a yeasty smell? what kind of yeast are you using and if its dry do you rehydrate it? and +1 to the tub of water.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Which yeast?

« on: May 03, 2012, 09:44:29 am »

Im definitely going to go for the french saison. I knew some of the WLP yeasts are weird and i had never used any of those, so i just wanted to see what people who had used them thought. Thanks for the insight

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Secondary Fermentation for a lager being fermented under ale conditions

« on: May 03, 2012, 08:20:39 am »

If this was my beer and it tasted good or pretty good i would bottle it, in my experience the beer gets much better in the bottle. I wouldn't worry about the co2 coming out. Definitely check on the summer ale, it is in its area for good fermentation(temp. wise) and an ale's fermentation takes less time than a lager's.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Which yeast?

« on: May 03, 2012, 08:03:53 am »

i'm brewing up a saison and im debating on which yeast to use if you have any experiences with these yeasts please share i was looking at WLP565 WLP566 and WLP568. The saison will be made with ginger so im looking for a spicy beer

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General Homebrew Discussion / National Homebrew Day

« on: May 03, 2012, 06:05:54 am »

Next monday is National Homebrew day (May 7th). I think i'm making a ginger saison, What are you guys brewing up?

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: hudge amount of hops (pellets), no bag. its that a problem?

« on: May 02, 2012, 10:56:38 am »

What i did when i first dry hopped was i got a mesh hop bag from my local homebrew shop and i tied the bag to the end going into the beer and it helped not get any of the particles into my priming sugar bucket, it could work for you when racking into your secondary

One of the reasons i use a secondary is that apperantly your beer can pick up some weird flavors off the yeast cake on the bottom, although i don't know if this is true lol.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Summertime Wheat IPA Recipe Opinions?

« on: May 02, 2012, 10:39:08 am »

May i have some?