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    Cider ph way too low

    Thanks a lot. I appreciate the advice.
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    Cider ph way too low

    I've had a honey crisp cider in the secondary for 9 months. Initially it was fermented with cider yeast. When I racked into the secondary I added a mixture of wild berries (sterilized with vodka) and I pitched lactobacillus and Brett. I just tasted it. it's good but it's extremely tart. Test...
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    gelatin clarification

    I wanted to try gelatin clarification for the first time. I have a cider that's been in the secondary with some strawberries for about 6 months. The cider was pretty clear already but I wanted to use gelatin to get the last few floaties. I had previously added Pectinex to break down the...
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    Wine Barrel Cocktail

    I work in a high volume restaurant. Recently we obtained a red wine barrel that has been used ounce. It has been empty for about 6 months. We want to use it to cask age a pre mixed cocktail. We are planning on filling the entire thing with a mixture of spirits (no juices etc, all alcohol over...
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    Yeast Starter From Dregs

    Great, thanks for the feedback. I'm going to pitch this into a sort of graff. 4 gallons of local cider and a gallon of wort mashed from munich and 2 row. I think the DuPont yeast will be nice in it. Thanks again!
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    Yeast Starter From Dregs

    I tried making a yeast starter from 2 bottles of saison DuPont. I boiled a solution of 100g of DME to 1L of water. I added half of it to the dregs and put it on a stir plate. I took the remaining half and left it in an air tight container at room temperature. After 24 hours I added the other...
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    Spike Brewing 12.5gal Conical Fermenter Giveaway!

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    High Gravity

    Got it. I pitched 1 smack pack. My problem was the brix to specific gravity conversion. I used onebeer.net's brix converter. I entered original brix and estimated final brix and it gave me the 14%. I know final gravity with a refractometer isn't very accurate. I found another converter that...
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    High Gravity

    I accidentally added way too much LME to an English Bitters recipe. My concern is that the higher alcohol content will kill the yeast. I used a Wyeast London Ale III which has an alcohol tolerance of 10%. My original brix reading was around 23 (1.097 I think). I'm thinking that this will put...
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    Dead Yeast

    I did not know that about the refractometer. This is my first time using it, I thought I was upgrading. I will dig out the hydrometer and take a reading when I get home. Thanks for everyones input!
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    Dead Yeast

    I use a refractometer. It's been at 7 brix or 1.028 for 7 days. After the first 3 days I stirred the settled yeast back into suspension thinking that it was stuck. 4 days later I get the same reading.
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    Dead Yeast

    If I'm going to re-pitch a yeast starter, should I aerate the wort again?
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