I remember as a kid my parents made home brew the house reeked of hops and the shed was full of exploded bottles. Anyway I was taking to them about it but they can't remmebr the recipe, they had to take a certain amount off it every so often and used boiled hops and who knows what else, I'm not sure how they did it. Does anyone have a similar recipe to this or any open fermentation recipes. When I discussed it with them they both agreed it was a pretty good brew, I remeber now it was well carbonated, they used raw sugar I think ?
Open Fermentation
Sep 26, 2003
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What decade are they / you talking about?
__Stephen
mid 70s.
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Uhmm, this sounds like almost any beer recipe. As for taking stuff off the top, it could have yeast harvesting from the krausen. There isn't enough information for a recipe, but you could do almost any ale recipe and try using open fermentation if you wanted. You can brew and/or prime with pure cane sugar, but it can be a little cidery so most people use dextrose instead. Check out some recipe sites like
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You might invest a little time reading John Palmers How to Brew at
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His site is an excellent source for brewing techniques.
You also might find more information on rec.crafts.brewing
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