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  1. Aksarben

    Change my Recipe to show it has been brewed?

    I notice on the recipes I created and do a search, that it shows up that it has been brewed 0 times. Nearly all of my recipes have been brewed at least one time, and sometimes 2 times. Is there a way to edit this? Right now Jenewien's Munich Dunkel 5 shows Brew Count: 0 Since it finished...
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    Chapitalizatoin calculator -Beer

    I didn't know who I might send this to, or what section of the forum, so posting it here. Move if needed or sticky, or modify. It is what we use at the winery when we want to raise the Brix of grape juice up to a certain level. It is not in S.G. so you would need to go to the Brix to SG...
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    6.5 gallon model XE conical fermentor- Minibrew

    What are the opinions of conical fermenters, and this one is the newest model the 6.5 gallon XE model with improvements over earlier models. https://www.minibrew.com/products/6-5x-gallon-conical-fermenter?variant=25674595014 Just wondering about 2 things. Is conical a good choice? 2. If you...
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    Munich Dunkel II overshot amount of spague water

    Recipe link is here: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/569726/vern-s-munich-dunkel-ii I was shooting for about 3 1/2 gallons of kettle volume, but ended up with 5 gallons, and I dumped out some of the lower part of the runoff from my home made mash tun. I used 3.3- 3.5...
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    Vern's Dunkel

    If you who are more learned be so kind as to look at this recipe and give me a clue as to why this was not checked (check-makr) as "Matches Style" . https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/564027/vern-s-dunkel I was up at local Beer supply shop and smelled the Melanoidin malts...
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    Wheat malting

    Malting some wheat I have around. I've malted barely from 2 row barley (came from Coors grower) and went very well. This batch did very well, and dried nicely. Picture of the wheat malting in process. All dried and waiting to be crushed and converted. I'm lucky in that I work at a...
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    Amount of pelleted hops/ gal of wort

    As a general rule, and just ballpark guidlines, what is the grams/gallon one would add of Cascade hops? Obviously it matters what style of beer and Alpha and Beta content. My Cascade is 6.3% Alpha and 6.6% Beta. I want to add just a bit of bitterness, but don't like too much bitter. Also...
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    KMBS for brewing

    Just curious as to why you don't use KMBS (Potassium Metabisulfite ) in the beer after it has finished in fermenting or for the secondary? We use it all the time in the wine industry to stabilize the wine and prevent either oxidation or growth of undesirable organisms.
  9. Aksarben

    Winemaker (really) starting brewmeister from SW Michigan

    Greeting all! I work at Fenn Valley Vineyards as an Associate Winemaker and have been there since moving from Nebraska to take the job in September of 1999. Very interesting seeing the changes and how the winery has grown, and now looking at making beer (better). I had made beer before but...

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