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- Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:34 am
- Forum: Brewing Problems, Emergencies, Help!
- Topic: High FG? What's wrong with my proc
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10442
Hey jmorignot, If you are still having problems with a high final gravity there may be several causes for this. Most likely, it is either a slow or stuck fermentation. This is normally from your yeast health. If your yeast package has been kicking around for a while it could have a high percent of d...
- Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:09 am
- Forum: Techniques, Methods, Tips & How To
- Topic: Q: German beer purity law of 1516 (Reinheitsgebot)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 68801
Reinheitzgebot
This is just my personal opinion, but I find that the Reinheitzgebot to be severely outdated. It is fine if you would like to follow it, but I think that you would be safe using softened water for your Pilsner. Just because water is water. The original brewers following the purity laws would just us...
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 4:47 pm
- Forum: Brewing Problems, Emergencies, Help!
- Topic: Strange White Film
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6239
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:16 pm
- Forum: Brewing Problems, Emergencies, Help!
- Topic: Strange White Film
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6239
Strange White Film
Hey everyone, Well I brewed a Raspberry Wit for Christmas. Standard Wit recipe, half wheat half grain. coriander and orange peel. Let the primary fermented go for a bit over a week. Puree'd the frozen raspberries with a bit of triple sec to kill anything living in them and then racked the wit on top...
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:17 pm
- Forum: Brewing Science
- Topic: Thermodynamics anyone?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 43398
A couple of pointers.
Just to make sure that you stay on the right track and don't get frustrated with your process, make sure that you use Kelvin as your temperature units (273.15K = 0C) or else your calculations will not work. Also enthalpy is based on two things, temperature and pressure. Since the system is open (hea...
- Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:30 pm
- Forum: Techniques, Methods, Tips & How To
- Topic: How do I get a strong Caramel flavour in my brown ale
- Replies: 7
- Views: 21035
- Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:25 pm
- Forum: Techniques, Methods, Tips & How To
- Topic: Honey Do's and Dont's How to Use
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12338
Honey Malt!
If you are really looking for a honey taste in the final product, replace your base malt with about a pound of honey malt in the original boil, if you are doing a five or six gallon batch. It gives a sweet slightly nutty flavour. It is excellent in light ales. Also what you can do is to use honey as...
- Thu May 08, 2008 7:52 pm
- Forum: Ingredients, Kits & Recipes
- Topic: Searching for a Kronenbourg Clone
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10595
Which site?
http://www.brasseries-kronenbourg.com/_corporate_uk/marques/index.htm Well thats the British site, the beer I was talking about is the first on the list. Unfortunatly there is not a whole lot of information on the beer, but I am thinking that it is brewed with Pils grain with a combination of Saaz ...
- Sun May 04, 2008 3:57 am
- Forum: Ingredients, Kits & Recipes
- Topic: Searching for a Kronenbourg Clone
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10595
Searching for a Kronenbourg Clone
Hey everyone, Well I am trying to decide which recipe to do next since I am away from home most of this summer and want to stick a couple batches in the cellar to age for the three months that I am gone. One of the possibilities was to try to clone Kronenbourg. Now if you are thinking "Ew 1664&...
- Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:22 am
- Forum: Ingredients, Kits & Recipes
- Topic: Using Kool-Aid
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14949
- Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:06 pm
- Forum: Ingredients, Kits & Recipes
- Topic: Brewing Beer with Kits
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5491
Brewing Beer with Kits
Hey Everyone, I have come accross a recipe for an IPA that uses two kits, a John Bull Pale Ale and a Cooper's Bitter. There is also 2lbs of dry extract and some additional hops. I thought it was a great idea to use a pre-hopped kit in order to keep the amount of hops needed down, due to the recent h...