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    Looking for a whiskey recipe

    My brother wants to distill a whiskey, does anyone know of a good single malt or corn and rye recipe??
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    Swapping thread, post what your willing to swap and if someone is interested pm that person

    After my other post get a beer swap, happening people are interested so I started this thread Post here for beer swaps, 1: post type of beer and number of bottles available for swaps.(picture also if you want to of the beer in a glass) 2: If interested in any swaps on the page pm a person and...
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    Brewday and what is everyone brewing currently?

    I'm trying to make a older style of beer, I'm making a nursing stout given to nursing mothers in days of yonda. A lot of oats and chocolate malts and going to bitter with magnum because I'm cheap and magnum has high aa%. What are you guys currently brewing going to brew?
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    Is it possible to get some type of beer swap happening

    Ok I have a idea, I don't know how it's possible but it would be great if brewers somehow in their respective regions could swap brews like I put a beer in I take a beer out and if I like I get the recipe. Has this been done is there a way to do this though a lhbs I dunno just thinking it's a...
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    My first Irish Red ale

    Taste wise is delicious but could definitely maybe have a little more conditioning oddly enough tasted kinda like a IPA it's a little fruity, but not overpowering actually complementary. Good mouthfeel but not much head and it could benefit from some creamyness also, any suggestions? Overall I'm...
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    Forum needs to be active so let's talk political.

    I'm glad personally that scomo is ousted, I don't care about LGBT or climate change but I want ICAC. I am traditionally a conservative but when you have either a ex corrupt potato copper or a pentacostal cultist ima vote greens. I'm happy that that fat **** Palmer failed again after spending...
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    Estimates of rinsed yeast population/Density

    Here is some notingham yeast I havested and I'm trying to work out my pitch rate for my next brew, but I'm unsure on the yeast count. Some sites say 1 billion cells per ml some 1.5 and one site even says 4 billion if thick and condensed which is it? Obviously I know this is just a guess and I'm...
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    Stupid thread but I'm new

    I use a refractometer I took first sample and stupidly read the sg scale and not the Brix. So my 1.045 beer accordingly in Brix is actually 1.07 wtf am I doing wrong. Yes sg is linear but Brix isn't some bs
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    Second ever AG brew day I'm excited for how this will taste

    Made my own recipe for Irish red ale bittering hops magnum, they smelled amazing. 15 min fuggles hopstand and I got better cooling efficiency with my CFC this time around had good cold and hot break, my gravity was smack on just I lost about 2 liters tho it's fine. Really looking forward to how...
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    Regarding cold side oxidation, how long a beer can stay on yeast, and other questions

    I am currently fermenting a lager and am a bit concerned about oxidation, the lager obviously is being fermented in a temperature controlled fridge and I notice a lot of vacuum in the fermenter. Now I know it will probably be ok while fermentation is occurring but this recipe calls for cold...
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    Had my first Ag brew today everything went awesome

    Brewed my first Ag beer today using robobrew and brewfather, I hit the correct gravity and also the amount brewfather was spot on temperature didn't fluctuate that much a really nice day around, if it wasn't for the bloody cleaning and the fact my hose sprayed water everywhere. Man I love this...
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    Messing around with brewfather wondering if ways to increase FG

    Trying to make a Irish red and brewfather is predicting the FG to be about 1.009 I want more gravity so I choose more dextrose profile for mash but for the life of me I can't raise the FG without adding Maltodextrose which I don't want to do. I'm new to AG and just messing around I know this is...
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    G'day

    Hi I'm new to this hobby, Started extract brewing and now have moved on to AG using a robobrew haven't done a batch yet but I'm currently reading posts so I can learn some more techniques. Going to do a dry run soon with just water and then brew. Wish me luck
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    Fermentation fridge

    I don't know if this is the right sub I brought a cheap fridge. That I want to ferment in and the freezer works but the fridge doesn't cool much 10 degrees below ambient. I now have the thermistor hanging and the fridge appears to be cooling better. My question is this if I completely remove the...
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