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    Imperial Stout aging

    Hello. I just made a Coffee Donut Imperial Stout with an OG of 1.093. I'd like to hear some thoughts on how long I should age this guy. Typically I do 1 wk primary, 2 wk secondary. Or longer.
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    Freeze trub

    A thought. I've had issues disturbing my trub when racking and bottling. Could I just sit the primary or secondary on some ice cold water (about a couple inches high) overnight to freeze or slightly freeze the trub to make it harder to disturb it? Making it more solid.
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    Too much carbination???

    I just bottled my IPA with a cup of honey diluted with one cup water. That went into the bottling bucket first but I lost 1/2 gallon because my auto siphon stirred the trub with the last half gallon so I stopped. My question is will the half gallon loss be enough that will make my beer too...
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    75 F. too high?

    Just brewed a fat tire clone sat night. It's been about 48 hours and the temp went up to 75F. I couldn't get it down. My window is open and it's getting colder so I should be able to get it back down to 68-70 sometime tonight. Is this gonna give my beer a bad taste?!
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    Too much carbination?

    I just bottled my IPA with a cup of honey diluted with one cup water. That went into the bottling bucket first but I lost 1/2 gallon because my auto siphon stirred the trub with the last half gallon so I stopped. My question is will the half gallon loss be enough that will make my beer too...
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    My Porter tastes like wine...

    So I just took a reading for my Chocolate Maple Porter and my FG was 1.013. (6.3 ABV). It tasted kinda like wine. Wasn't planning on transferring to secondary, made a 1 gallon batch before of this and just did 2 wks primary/2 wks bottle. Turned out great but didn't take any readings then. I...
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    1 wk in primary, Porter tastes like wine...

    So I just took a reading for my Chocolate Maple Porter and my FG was 1.013. (6.3 ABV). It tasted kinda like wine. Wasn't planning on transferring to secondary, made a 1 gallon batch before of this and just did 2 wks primary/2 wks bottle. Turned out great but didn't take any readings then. I...
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