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    Commercial Breweries

    I know Homebrewers who are meticulous and get a bug,then others who have a slack sanitation procedure and never get infected.Location/geography often plays a part. Do the big boys,bigger micro's still get the occassional infection,or a bad batch necessitating pouring it down the drain?I...
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    Ales Or Lagers

    I gave full time duty to an old fridge,to fermentation duties.Once fridgemated I intended to brew lagers constantly,18 months later still haven't done a lager. Keep finding excuses to put wheats and ales in there :beer: And I can't see a free 3-4 week space,in the foreseeable future,for a...
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    La Chouffe

    48-56 hours now,think it may be a bust.The small amount of activity seems wild. Anyone have success with this bottle strain? Cheers
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    Nelson Sauvin

    I keep going back to this superb hop.What a wonderful taste and aroma Might have to try it ,with a wy3068
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    Strange Obsession This

    I'm not a bling type person or brewer,but started brewing as an economy measure. After a while,the beers actually taste ok,k+k>extract>partial,then before you know it full AG.At first you begrudge spending money on extras. Then you want JG fittings,as many kegs as you can carry,6 fridges and...
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    Belgian Wit

    Is it possible to go from grain to brain in six days with this style.Being a wheat and all.fresh Will be pitching a 2 lt starter,on a 1044 og. wort.I 'm sure i've read somewhere that this style benefits from warmer fermentation temps. Please tell all. oh 3944 wyeast Cheers milpod
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    Filters

    Does the pleated absolute 1 micron filter always have the pink/purple end? Do different companies use other colours.Is a blue end a different micron rating? The reason i ask is my beers are not filtering,anywhere near bright. I have used co2, gravity etc.all have resulted in cloudy beer. I...
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    Has Brewing Turned You Into A Clean Freak

    I seem to have 15 different species of cleaner now.I do rotate,but they seem to be adding up again. Anyone else having a similar dilemma?
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    Belgian Substitutes

    Hi guys, I have seen substitutes for belgian grains like- Belgian Biscuit = Weyermann CaraAmber Special B = Weyermann CaraAroma Farbmalz = Roast or Black Malt Belgian Aromatic = Weyermann Melanoidin is there a substitute for honey malt aka brumalt? Cheers
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    Big Guys

    Seen a few brewers selling off everything lately,my heart sinks. Doctors are like ,no fun. I'm not a BIG drinker,but i definately enjoy 1-24.when I want one. Sorry guys cant do 1 at my brewery
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    Lot To Learn

    Thought i'd try an easy all extract brew today,things could not have gone more wrong. Cruisin along steeping grain,cool.waiting for lme to drain into set measure,cool.Got the first 1.5kg no worries,put in kettle.Got distracted making up my 1056,forgot about second 1.5 draining from...
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