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    Adding fruit to a beer if I'm not doing a secondary

    Use apricots to get a "Peach" flavor, they'll come across more peachy than actual peaches, a couple BeerSmith podcasts back this up. Brew an American wheat recipe. 60% 2-row, 35% wheat malt, rest Munich, I forgo the any late addition hops, use something like magnum for bittering. Or something...
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    Never dump your beer!!! Patience IS a virtue!!! Time heals all things, even beer!

    I think he's just trying to get his youtube channel views.....imo
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    Good basic pH meter?

    I think you're on the right track, with letting software do the work for you then just double checking, and maybe make some slight adjustments. I'm imputing everything into BS and adjusting from that, but finding easier said then done.
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    Good basic pH meter?

    What I did was purchase two of 'the cheap ebay meters'. Like these ones http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Dr-Meter-Chemistry-Lab-ATC-Handheld-Pocket-Pen-Tester-PH-Temperature-Scanner-/182624326481?hash=item2a85421351:g:pgIAAOSwKrhVahPH and compared them to a meters we use at work, and I also purchased...
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    my first recipe design, stout/porter

    brewed this last night, everything went fairly well. my first time adjusting ph, i think i may of added too much Lactic acid, the PH dropped from 6 to 4.8, with 1 mL. Also I wasnt happy with the colour of the mash, its was a brown, not really the dark brown / almost black I was wanting... added...
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    my first recipe design, stout/porter

    thanks so much for the help, here's the latest with suggestions applied, I've started using Beersmith recently, getting used to it still.
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    my first recipe design, stout/porter

    Hi everyone, I'm hoping to get some input into my recipe, its of my own design, first one Ive made from scratch, I'm hoping to get the input of others
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    Induction comparable kettles

    I'm thinking of making a jump from propane turkey fryer burner to a induction cooktop in doors, I have a ventilation hood all set. I started doing research on electric brewing and came across induction cook tops and found a couple of awesome blogs. But I found this kettle...
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    Accidental Double IPA - Need help.

    Why didn't you just dilute so your SG ended up being 1.064? Just for my own curiosity
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    Ran out of propane...

    my last batch, an extra pale ale, i ran out of propane at about 1/3 into the boil.... at mid night.... I restarted the boil the next day, then did a no chill, after the second boil. i thought i would have to dump it. and i almost did. After fermentation, and 1 week cold crashing, and a week...
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    Can any Arduino programmers help?

    I was saying that some flowmeter could, and that a more fool proof / much more accurate method to measure level in a vessel with known dimensions I wasn't picking apart the unit he was using. in the food and bev industry, in batch processes, we'll use a level measurement instead of a flow...
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    Can any Arduino programmers help?

    Some flow meters issues like low flow cut offs, accuracy, repeatability, that on a small home brewery could mean the difference between 5 or 6 or 7 gallons. Anything accurate enough is going to be super expensive and used on an industrial scale. As well easy to clog. The rotary unit you're...
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    Oatmeal Stout Yooper's Oatmeal Stout

    If I didn't know know I'd say you took that reading from my carboy! I'm on day 13 of fermentation. I repitched a rehydrated pack of dry yeast us-05 last night with no new activity yet. Edit: yoopers did say she leaves in for 21 days. Maybe we're just being impatient....
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    Oatmeal Stout Yooper's Oatmeal Stout

    I have the exact same issue, brewed Sunday and it seems like it's stuck. I will bum the temp from 64 to 66 and increase until fermentation starts again.
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    I need advice on using vanilla beans

    I've added the beans straight to the fermenter after fermentation is complete. the thought process behind which is that the bean, have very little contamination to being with with and also the alcohol level in the beer is already enough to kill anything from reproducing. all i did was split...
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    Oatmeal Stout Yooper's Oatmeal Stout

    Brewed this today, best brew day yet, i seem to have all my steps down, hit all my temps and volumes and SG.......than at the boil I mistakenly added only 1 oz of hops forgot the second oz..... lets see how it turns out.... :( Im scared....
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    Plastic Boiling Kettle

    Totally works and works great!!!! I've made one from a YouTube video, I made one last March as a kettle. Used it for a batch or two. And it still serves as a hot liquor tank of sorts for me. This of it was a big kettle. It does get a bit soft at 212F. However I saw the need to upgrade to...
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    Official Broken Hydrometer Count

    2068 + 2 = 2070 ! ......don't ask how I managed to break 2! This is why there's a back up to the back up, with another back up...... Plus a refractometer ...... But it still perfer using a hydrometer. Just not comfortable reading a refractometer yet.
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    To keg or not to keg??

    Google "why not both meme" for my voting answer..... I started out kegging, and I think that's what's kept me in the hobby, if I had to bottle my first batch it probably would of lead to inconsistencies and bad bottles. Kegging is easier and thanks to the Internet relatively straight forward...
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    Sanitizing ingredients before placing them in secondary

    +1 Drinking my vanilla bourbon porter right now. I just dropped the vanilla beans into the primary without any issues.
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