Open Fermentation

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 ?

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Bob
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What decade are they / you talking about?

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Stephen Russell

mid 70s.

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fichen haen sie nom

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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Xiejol

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