Brewing Master

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I’ve heard a lot about carmelization, but I’m not sure how it will effect my beer.  Sweeter?  Higher FG? It doesn’t add sweetness, or change the FG, it adds another layer of flavor. Think of the smell when you burn cane sugar.  Can go from mildly pleasant to [...]

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Sampled my fist batch ever and tastes like white wine spritzer.  Not bad but not what I wanted.  used a lager wort mix and had in primary for about 10 help would be appreciated. Thanks Ryan from Alberta
It would help if you posted some details. What kind of kit? [...]

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  This is mainly intended for Winnipeg, Manitoba homebrewers – as reported in todays newspaper, Agassiz Brewing Co. is getting out of the microbrewery business.  They are selling off their equipment & supplies, from my understanding.   I was never a big fan of their [...]

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Huh?  No beer kegs?  tell them to leave their teddy bears at home and load up the kegs.  If I can’t take a keg then I’ll stay on land. -pbh – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Stream of conciseness.- Doesn’t that describe us all? It is a hobby [...]

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While fermenting some evil, fibrous, mass which looked like a tangle of roots about 8 inches in diameter formed in the carboy.  However, I bottled it anyway, and 14 days later the brew is starting to taste pretty good. My question is, what is this stuff I brewed? And what was [...]

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Yes, the burners are about 12" off the countertop (its a burner from a turkey boiler, so it has long legs).  The countertop gets hot but not so much that I can’t hold my hand to it.  Since I don’t leave the room when I’m mashing or boiling, the burner area was [...]

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Interesting… isnt gibson currently owned by some "big company" currently?  I thought their parent company is the same one that markets the current Kramers and Steinbergers? Garrett – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve heard some rumors from people that gibson is either going out of [...]

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Thanks for your informations but please can you explain me (MSDS) or where I can find any informations for these letters????? Thanks a lot Andrew …… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Andre’, Peroxyacetic or peracetic is not the easiest stuff to work with. Read [...]

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Matt, I originally bought a mash tun complete w/ lid from SABCO some years ago.  The top is cut out to a perfect 12" hole.  The original outfit came with a corning ware ss lid (now running about $26+ [...]

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I have first hand, same lot/beer, side by side taste comparrison experience. 85 plus degrees for a couple weeks will over age a beer to a noticable moderate tangy/sour. This was commercial brew presented by a brewmaster to demonstrate the difference. A few days probably wont make a noticable change, but [...]