Brewing Master

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: I’m just getting back into brewing after a break of a few years.  Anyway, : yesterday someone who doesn’t brew told me that someone she knows who does : brew adds a bottle of commercial nonalcoholic beer to the second stage : because "it settles the sediment or something".  I’ve never heard of such : a thing, and I am willing to put this under the catagory of Urban Legend, : but I figured I’d go ahead and put it to you folks.  What benefits (if : any) could someone expect to gain from adding a nonalcoholic beer to your : second stage?  Thanks. None —         "Good idea, Chuck.  But, syrup won’t stop them!" – Firesign Theatre

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I’m just getting back into brewing after a break of a few years.  Anyway, yesterday someone who doesn’t brew told me that someone she knows who does brew adds a bottle of commercial nonalcoholic beer to the second stage because "it settles the sediment or something".  I’ve never heard of such a thing, and I am willing to put this under the catagory of Urban Legend, but I figured I’d go ahead and put it to you folks.  What benefits (if any) could someone expect to gain from adding a nonalcoholic beer to your second stage?  Thanks. — Don Dudding  :  I think it was Abraham Lincoln who said, "You can fool all              :  of the people some of the time and some of the people all of              :  time, but if you’re going to sit in the balcony, you might              :  want to lock the door behind you."

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: What benefits (if : any) could someone expect to gain from adding a nonalcoholic beer to your : second stage?  Thanks. None

Well, it does mean someone is spared from drinking it — R E HAWKINS

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: I’m just getting back into brewing after a break of a few years.  Anyway, : yesterday someone who doesn’t brew told me that someone she knows who does : brew adds a bottle of commercial nonalcoholic beer to the second stage : because "it settles the sediment or something".  I’ve never heard of such : a thing, and I am willing to put this under the catagory of Urban Legend, : but I figured I’d go ahead and put it to you folks.  What benefits (if : any) could someone expect to gain from adding a nonalcoholic beer to your : second stage?  Thanks. None

Only benefit I can think of would be the carbonation in the NA beer would all fizz out when you poured it into the secondary, making a blanket of CO2 over the top to protect the brew from the air.  There would be no reason to use NA beer over another beer (even another homebrew) that I can think of. Eric — Eric Garrison http://www.mcp.com/people/ericg

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