Questions tagged [aging]
For questions on the effects or recommendations for aging (long-term storage) homebrewed products.
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Does wine acidity change during aging
I'm making a wine with some pretty green tasting sangiovese grapes. I did a MLF to help soften the taste but it's still pretty sharp to my palette.
How will that sharpness change as the wine ages? ...
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Could you use Etosha charcoal in Whiskey making?
Etosha is a hardwood from Namibia, it is an invader species there and is hence used widely as barbeque charcoal throughout Southern Africa. Its smoke has an amazing scent and aroma to it.
I saw this ...
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Adding inert gas when bulk aging
When I make my wines at home, I usually make it in roughly 13 gallon batches. However, after racking I usually lose about half a gallon to a gallon, so I have a fair amount of headspace in my ...
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What is ageing in terms of chemical bonds?
I'd like to know in terms of chemical bonds, what ageing actually means. It should also explain the "smoothness" of a finely aged wine.
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Different appearence of liqueur after aging
Last year I have made walnuts liqueur, or nocino in Italian.
From the single batch I have obtained 2 liters of liqueur, which I have bottled in dark beer bottles and left to age in the same, dark ...
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What can cause color loss in a finished beer?
I made an American Brown ale that turned out very dark brown.
I opened the last couple of bottles a month or so apart after most of the batch.
The color seems to have faded to a significantly lighter ...
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Amount of oak chips
I'm brewing an imperial stout. It will have 10-12% ABV in the end (hopefully). I never used wood chips before, but want to add it to this beer. I read through guides but I read everything from just 24 ...
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Does beer pulled early from a keg taste less bitter than those pulled later?
I seem to be noticing that the beers I drink early on from my kegs taste less bitter than the last few beers. My kegs do not move for 1 to 2 months while they are being emptied. Is it possible that ...
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Mangrove Jack Cider benefit from aging?
I have found that Mangrove Jack's Cider kits are quick for a summer drink and satisfies the family and friends with gluten issues. I just fermented another batch and don't have a keg available right ...
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What is the best plastic to use to store alcohol?
What is the best grade of plastic for brewing and storing alcohol (up to about 15%)?
Basically as the title suggests, I’m in a rural part of Tanzania with no access to glass but I do have access to ...
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What is a good time frame for aging cider/apple wine?
I am planning on tasting my cider in the fall (6 months from pitching
yeast) and seeing how the flavor is then. How much would the flavors
improve aging for a year? 2 year? 5? 10? At what point ...
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Brewing a Flanders Red Bruin/Historic C18 Porter?
I am about to brew my first test batch of a Flanders Red/Brown. I am thinking Rodenbach, but with local ingredients. So, for me Maris replaces lager malt, Admiral and Progress replace nobel hops. ...
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Aging mead in a wood mini barrel
I just got this cheap wood barrel that was suppose to be for aging whiskey.
I want to age my mead in the wood mini barrel. What is the best practice for doing so considering the mini barrel shown ...
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How much time should I wait for Acetaldehyde to clean up before determining my beer has been infected
I have recently made an extract amber ale from a recipe kit, after primary fermentation was done I bottled my beer for priming, the beer had a strong sour smell than but after searching online I ...
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How can I maximize the time my wine can stay in a bottle?
I've read that for home winemaking the wine will start to decrease in quality after about a year in the bottle. What steps can I take to maximize how long my wine will stay fresh?
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