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    Difference Between Full, Medium And Light Beers

    Can anyone provide a link to a chart or table that would define what type of beer falls into which category? Oh i have tried search feature a number of times :huh:
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    Is 1.015 Fg Low Enough

    Hi All, Currently fermenting a brown ale, the temp in the shed dropped to around 12 degrees for a few days, after about 12 days the FG was only 1.022. I moved it into the house to warm up, (22-23) Degrees. Carried out Manticle's 3 day test, Test Jar Sample read 8.6% Brix and wort test was...
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    Do I Tip All Of Cube Into Fermenter

    Have just rehydrated yeast and cleaned fermenter about to tip cube in, noticed about 75 mm of greyLooking sludge in bottom of cube. Do I pour it all in and hope it settles to bottom of fermenter. Or stop pouring in when wort becomes cloudy ?. Sorry no time for research need to do this in the...
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    Help With Recipe From Data Base

    Have finished our first BIAB and would now like to brew a winter warmer. For example "Bartos Wee Heavy" However the recipe does not have the Mash temps, step time etc. Is the mashing temps similar, The Corona I just did on the weekend was 65.0 Degree mash for 60 min and 75.6 for 10 min Can...
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    First Biab Today

    Well the day has finally arrived, my first attempt at BIAB this morning, a mate is coming over to lend a hand. I am making a corona style beer (recipe from craft brewer).Picked this beer as the steps, additions etc are very easy, Will no chil in a cube. Have checked my list twice, so let's see...
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    Help With Final Gravity

    Good Morning All, This is brew no. 5, it has taken longer to drop in gravity than the first 4, could somebody please give me an idea of the FG i should expect 1 x Muntons Blonde 1.7kg (added to Ferm) 1 x Coopers Malt extract liquid amber (boiled 15min) 500 g corn syrup Dried(added to Ferm)...
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    How Long To Cc A Tooheys Extra Dry

    Hi All, Brew no 4. I am doing a tooheys extra dry, K & K. I have reached my FG, i have truned down the fridge to 2.0 degrees. 1. How long should I CC for ? 2. When complete can I Bottle ASAP or do I need to bring temp back to 22 ish over a day or two ? 3. Because this brew is for a non home...
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    Missus Spat It !

    I tore a calf muscle at tennis the other night, limped home the missus was all over it (she's a nurse), Rest, Ice, Pressure Bandage etc etc. I mentioned that the cold pack she gave me was not that good, she replied "all we have is some ice, Do you want it". she asked. "No" I replied. about 30...
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    Have The Ingredients And No Recipe

    Can someone help with some instructions , a mate has rocked up with a bag of goodies from lhbs.He would like me to make him a James squire amber ale, as this is my fourth brew i said WTF. He assumed I was an expert in brewing now, we discussed this over a few blondes (brew no.1). Anyway back to...
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    Cleaning Bottles ?

    Just bottles my second brew, smelt really good. Wanted to drink straight from the tub, put down a cascade amber ale. Any way I washed the bottles with soap from kit and rinsed and hung on the bottle tree. Then I squirted sanatise (no rinse) and then hung back on the tree then went straight to...
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    Is The Sg Low Enough :(

    After some advice please, Brew no 2. is a Cascade Amber Ale from the tin with 1 kg of brew booster from local HBS SG before yeast was added was 1.040, after a day some nice bubbles etc. on day 4-5 this then stopped. Day 7 and Sg was down to 1.010 and now day 10 SG is still 1.010. According to...
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