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  1. Megary

    Cherries - Usage tips?

    I have a Stout fermenting away that I plan on adding cherries to. Then again, if I come to my senses, maybe I won't. :) Now I can easily add packaged, frozen cherries to a secondary fermenter, rack the beer on top and let whatever happens happen. Seems easy enough, but maybe...not so fast...
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    Arithmetic Mean Beer!

    I took a look at my last few year's brew sessions and decided to see what an average beer of mine might look like. Basically, if I took a bit of the 76 beers I made since 2019 and dumped it all into one big glass, what would it look like? OG - 1.056 FG - 1.013 Attenuation - 77% ABV - 5.7 IBU -...
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    My Dashboard & Brewing Trends

    I’m just curious, and for a bit of discussion…. If you click My Dashboard under My Brewing, how many recipes does it show? And how many of those recipes do you brew faithfully? By “faithfully” I mean “as is”, no changes (or very minimal changes based on current inventory) at least once a...
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    WY3068 Weihenstephan Users?

    With a little luck, I'm hoping to brew a Weizen with this yeast on Sunday. Never used it before. (My only experience using any Weizen yeast was with Munich Classic and that experience was deemed an abject failure. :eek:) This will be a 3-gallon, 1.048 batch. I'm looking for a balance...
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    No carbonation from bottled Imperial Stout

    Last night, I opened two bottles of an Imperial Stout I brewed earlier this year. 4 months after packaging, this beer is essentially as flat as the day it went into the bottle. Hmm. Beer was brewed on 12/31/22 and fermented from 1.114 --->1.027. Beer was packaged on 1/21/23 after 3 weeks in...
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    Imperial Stout - thoughts?

    Bumper Stout | Imperial Stout BIAB Beer Recipe | Brewer's Friend (brewersfriend.com) I've made many stouts and porters before, but never an Imperial, which I consider a whole different beast. I'm thinking "complex", but I'm worried about "muddled". My reasons: The Pale is the base of course...
  7. Megary

    Crisp Pale Chocolate DP 110?!

    This diastatic power should be zero, I would think.
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    Dried Brewer’s Grain for production of Animal Feed?

    So I found something interesting (to me) in an old warehouse where I work. Years ago, this warehouse used to be a “Feed Mill” that operated probably from the very early 1900’s to about 1960 or so. Anyway, on top of a huge broken-down floor scale, I found this tag, most likely dating from the...
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    Tell me why I need to stock more than one bittering hop.

    I have been using Magnum to bitter almost every beer, Stouts, IPAs English Bitters, Saisons, the occasional lager, you name it. I like the bitterness it drops: not harsh, not overly crisp, nice and smooth, very neutral, gets along well with the later additions. When I order hops, I load up on...
  10. Megary

    Drink beer, save the planet.

    Why You Need to Be Drinking Beer Made With Kernza Grain - InsideHook Pretty interesting read, might be a thing in another 10 years or so. I'll do my part.
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    The 1 brewing ingredient you won't use again.

    I see a lot of posts from people noting how they have had success using this or that in their recipes. But what about something that you've tried and have now vigorously written off for any future brew?? Yeast, hops, malt, brewing salts...whatever. There are definitely a few things that I...
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    Serving Temperature

    Does anyone give it a second thought… It occurred to me that my beer seems to get better as it warms a bit and it also occurred to me that I never really noted the temperature of the frig that holds my kegs. “Cold” seemed to meet my requirements. Like a Pelican-head (thanks @Trialben, that...
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    Brown Malt "Type" for pH purposes??

    Apologies if this has been asked and answered. I couldn't find anything in a search. What does Brewer's Friend classify Brown Malt as, for Mash pH purposes? Base Malt Crystal Malt Roasted Malt I ask because it appears this classification has a fairly decent size impact on Mash pH. I think BF...
  14. Megary

    Australia bans Homebrewing! *

    * In Antarctica. https://vinepair.com/booze-news/australia-homebrew-ban-antarctic/ Just what is this world coming to?!
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    Will it Carb up in time?

    I've never "burst" carb'ed a keg before, always going with the rock-solid ≈12 psi for a week method. But I'm in need for a finished keg by tomorrow night. So last night I started this 48 hour procedure: 2.5 gallon keg. Pressure set to 25psi for 42 hours. Occasional rocking and shaking of keg...
  16. Megary

    Bottling from Primary

    I don’t like to bottle. But in about 10 days I have to. So I want to make it as simple as I possibly can. My primary FV has a spigot on the bottom. When it’s time to bottle, my plan is to add a carbonation drop into each (already cleaned and sanitized) bottle, open the spigot and fill the...
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    Replacing hoses, tubes, siphons etc....

    It occurred to me today that I haven’t changed out my auto-siphon and hose in a long time, maybe 30 brews worth. I can definitely see some surface scratches on the siphon tube (I’m sure those scratches aren’t new!) and I’m wondering if maybe now might be a good time to replace the whole racking...
  18. Megary

    Crisp Malting Pale Chocolate DP-110?

    https://www.brewersfriend.com/fermentables/crisp-pale-chocolate/ In my recipe editing, I noticed that this grain is defaulting to a Diastatic Power of 110 instead of 0. I would assume this is not something on my end?? It's not a big issue considering I'm only adding a couple of ounces, but...
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    Homemade Golden Syrup

    I thought I’d start a thread in the (unlikely, :p) event anyone decides to try this someday. I had searched the forums here and there was some discussion of making a Lyle’s Golden Syrup substitute, but it was scattered about in a few different places. I’m hoping that if anyone decides to make...
  20. Megary

    Toasting Base Malt --> Diastatic Power?

    Searching the world wide web I have found some very interesting discussions but not any definitive answers to this question: If you oven-toast a base malt, does the toasted malt lose its Diastatic Power? I'm thinking the answer is probably a f(x,y) of Time and Temperature? And maybe grain...

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