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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    i threw away my yeast packaging so no idea what yeast i was using. I am open to suggestions if you have any.
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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    i used a muslin cloth so i don't have to filter the liquid. i tied the cloth with mash inside and then rinsed over it. Potatoes were mushy. i don't understand what you mean by this: After straining, how much was left over and not boiled with the hops? liquid was a little cloudy but very dark...
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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    okay. that's very helpful. Thank you so much.
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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    for 7, no. I didn't add barley. wanted to make a gluten free beer. can i add the enzyme in any other way?
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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    i was aiming to make a gluten-free beer. That's why i didn't add barley to it. is there any other way to achieve the conversion of starches to sugar?
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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    Thank you so much for spotting my language mistakes. I diced the potatoes and boiled them in minimum water I could until they were tender. I didn't add any enzymes since I didn't find any information on that. the research I did only mentioned to boil the potatoes and crush them after tender...
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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    I used this recipe and several other recipes for reference to use potatoes https://milehidistilling.com/how-to-make-vodka/ I added yeast but i took hydrometer reading before adding the yeast.
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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    also, does that mean this beer won't work?
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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    But I read in my research that potatoes need to be cooked before and turned into a mash.
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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    I cooked potatoes, made a mash. then i started with 5 lt of water. boiled the potatoes and roasted chestnuts at 60 degrees for 20 min. then i increased the temp to 66 degrees. boiled for 1 hour between 65 - 68 degrees. took out the mash. sparged. the boiled hops for one hour. Ended up with...
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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    [EDIT, Merged 2 threads -Mod] I made the chestnut beer. With potatos and chestnuts. I tried 2 batches before this and there was no alcohol in the beer. I just finished the boil and tried to take hydrometer reading. It shows 0 Also it's very bitter in taste. Almost unedited. I used bittering...
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    Chestnut beer - Zero reading on hydrometer

    I am doing an experimental beer. I don't know lot of things about brewing. I did 2 batches of chestnut beer. I used roasted chestnuts and potatoes. I added sugar before bottling. With both batches, there was no alcohol after fermentation. There is fizz and taste and flavor is good. But I can't...
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