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by the4th
Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:14 pm
Forum: Ingredients, Kits & Recipes
Topic: honey
Replies: 7
Views: 24883

The American Honey Board (yes there is one) recommends heating the honey to 178 degrees F for 2.5 hours to sterilize it. Most homebrewers (including myself recently) have dropped that time to 15 minutes for the same temp w/ no adverse effects. Don't boil the honey, you'll lose a lot of aromatics. Cl...
by the4th
Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:06 pm
Forum: Ingredients, Kits & Recipes
Topic: *cough* Wife wants me to make her a low carb beer...
Replies: 3
Views: 7421

The more fermentable your beer, the less carbs it will have. Find a light beer recipe with a good dose of adjunct and some light highly fermentable malt syrup. Toss a few (3-4) beano tablets into the carboy. They will convert some of the unfermentables. This WILL pull some body from your beer. I'd g...
by the4th
Tue May 18, 2004 8:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: Home Brew Digest
Replies: 2
Views: 6045

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