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Filtering water through a 1 micron (BTW, I assume that's what you mean, 1x10^-6 meter or 0.001 millimeter = 1 micron (

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I haven't made a great many beers using a lager yeast, but I do believe that they ferment at a slower rate than an ale yeast. Whether this is primarily a phenotype of the yeast strain or a consequence of the colder temperature (would an ale yeast be that much more vigorously evolving CO2 at 49F?) I ...

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This place is nice. You might also want to try this new site -- www.homebrewinginfo.com. I just out it up several days ago, and would appreciate feedback and participation...

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Is your final volume correct for your recipe? If it's low, that could account for it... In general, though I would ignore it -- but you can reduce the specific gravity by adding water...