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Not My Beer
A living Will Is Important To Relationships **A man and his wife were sitting in the living room and he said to her, "Just so you know, I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some...
 
Newbie Question
I've brewed just one batch successfully, it was a brewhouse wort-in-a-bag type kit and came out very good, in fact it exceeded my expectations. I started a second brewhouse kit and that is coming...
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Rising Specific gravity
This may sounds a rather stupid qus, but being very new to brewing were really not sure of the problem I know this is a brewing group, but in addition to brewing some beer we decided to have a go at...
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If operating systems were beer
If Operating Systems Were Beer For most IT professionals coffee is the most preferred drink but, directly after that black liquid, beer is a close second AND, it helps when discussing the advantages...
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Question on "Ready" to bottle and Specific Gravity
I just checked my fermenter by tapping off a small bit into my holder that came with the specific gravity hydrometer. I placed the hydrometer into the beer and it went straight to the bottom, not...
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Brewery links
A new list of breweries in the world has emerged : with 1250 links to breweries. Ralf http://www.food-info.net/links-beer.htm
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very high specific gravity
Just covering my bases in case any of you saw this over at the group -- don't skin me. Hello folks, I couldn't find an answer after searching for a while so I thought I'd just post directly to the...
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The Office Party Guide - The "what not to do" video!
Remember the "mom'isms" that shaped your childhood? (Yes, I realize some of you adults are still being shaped by mom.) Confused about what I am referring to? Take a peek at my list: {{truncated}}...
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new to bottling
I have been brewing for about a year, have been kegging everything, now i have bottled my first batch, used dextrose to carbonate in bottles,, everything is fine except the beer is a bit sweeter...
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Kegs...
Ok, I'm new to kegging. About 7 or 8 batches into kegs to date. Ecstatically happy about not having to wash bottles, but frustrated at getting the pressures right. Either too frothy, or flat. What are...
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help with "hard root beer" recipe
I am planning a hard root beer for my next batch. I started with Charlie Papazian's MacJack root beer recipe which suggest 2 oz sassafras bark and 2 oz sarsparilla for a 5 gallon batch. However, in...
 
sweetening cider
My recipe for hard cider is this: 5 -6 gallons of apple cider 5 pounds of brown sugar a little bit of honey champagne yeast. It fermeted for about 2 weeks, and has been clearing nicely for about...
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Question on Priming/Carbonation
Hello to all again, another question, what the hell else am I good for, eh? When I go to bottle, I am to place a lolly as Coopers video tape calls it, or what is labled a carbonation tablet (whihc I...
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Tapping Pond Scum?
Hi, I'm a novice to home mirco-brew, so naturally I have a question. I've bought a Coopers Micro-brew kit, and have my wort in the fermentor as of yesterday. I am wondering, in about 5 more days when...
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is it okay to quickly carbonate beer?
Hi, obviously the best way to carbonate beer after bottling will be with the usual priming sugar & then waiting for the yeast to do it's job. Are there other ways to carbonate that are quicker? This...
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