Questions tagged [ale]
For questions related to warm fermentation of beer with yeast comfortable near room temperature (i.e. ale yeast).
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Adding graham cracker flavor to a pumpkin ale
Has anyone had any luck/experience using graham crackers in a pumpkin ale recipe? I've seen some people using graham cracker "extract" with some luck, however, I'm referring to using actual graham ...
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CO2 for duvel clone - Strong Golden Ale
What is the CO2 level for a Strong Golden Ale?
Each calculator have a different value:
3.3 - source
2.5-3.2 - source
1.9-2.4 - source
1.9 -2.4 source
It is correct if I use 160.36g of sucrose for ...
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Necessity of Fermentation Temp Control while Brewing in Rural Paraguay?
I'll be brewing for my second time in Paraguay and have a quick question in regards to the summer conditions down here. How important is it to maintain the fermentation yeast temperature range after ...
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How to add more honey to my honey ale?
I'm trying to figure out the best way to go about adding more honey to my honey ale. I recently purchased the White House Honey Ale kit from Northern Brewer and I'm seeing several reviews saying the ...
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Is it Better to leave beer in secondary longer or bottle?
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I've got a pumpkin ale that I've just moved from primary to secondary (after 7 weeks). The original plan was to have it 7/7/7 (7 weeks in primary, 7 ...
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Slight green apple taste: barrel vs bottle
A curious thing has happened, twice now, and I was wondering if anyone has either experienced something similar, or has any suggestions as to a possible why.
I have done two (almost) identical full ...
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Bourbon soaked wood chips in secondary
Making a wee heavy and adding medium toasted oak chips that have been soaked in bourbon. The chips are tied up in a cheese cloth bag. My question is, should I let the chips dry thoroughly before ...
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Foul tasting ale
I recently took up home brewing as a hobby and brewed my first (small) batch of ale. It was a simple recipe-
boil a litre of water with a LOT of sugar and some lemon juice
let it cool
pitch in the ...
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How to sweeten up my pumpkin ale?
I just tasted my pumpkin ale after fermentation was complete and it's not as sweet as I was hoping. The spice and pumpkin flavors are great, but I'd like it to have a slightly sweeter finish. I ...
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Carbonation gone wrong?
I was trying my first all grain brew yesterday when I realized that the beer was almost flat, which is weird because they spent about a week inside the bottle. It's a belgian golden ale and I've added ...
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websites that describe yeast flavors?
changing the yeast is the easiest way to experiment with a recipe. I have my first brew about a week away from bottling. so what's next? there are a ton of websites out there, and I could use a good ...
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did I rack to secondary fermentation too early?
my first home brew, be gentle. golden malt, Rye malt ale started at 1.052, and I just racked it @ 1.022 and dry hopped it per the recipe. did I rack to secondary fermentation too early?
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Long cold crash for an ale. Benefit or harm?
I cold crash my ales to reduce sediment and clear the beer. My understanding is that even as little as a day would do that. But my brewing partner and I have often (due to time constraints) kept them ...
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No pressure in secondary
I have a problem with an ale kit I've brewed and kegged. I have done primary with a s04 yeast and its been in secondary for about 5 days and I've checked it this morning and its not built up pressure. ...
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Ale is cloudy and really fizzy
I tried my very first home brew kit recently. I don't recall the specific brand, but it was a 'Newkie Brown' kit that came in a tin and was like black treacle to start with (e.g. a syrup not a powder ...
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