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		<title>Dextrose vs Cane (table sugar)?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I’m sorry if this has been asked (or even beaten to death) already but I only come up with a  select few results when I search the website for this topic so please forgive me if I’m just not searching the correct word(s).

I am new to home brewing beer and have seen videos, recipes, and conversations, and so on about what kind of sugar to use when brewing. Is Dextrose sugars best to use because it is finer or is table sugar fine to use as well? Please, tell me what the big difference is in such a small batch (5 gallon). Will it differ from lagers, ales, porters etc. or is it just a science I need to find out what works best to my taste buds?

Thank you in advance for all your assistance and comments on this topic. I can’t wait to get started making my art and sharing it with family and friends! 

Oh and my favorite beer is Henry Wienhard’s Belgian wheat beer (love that orange flavor)! Anyone have a recipe that will be close to that flavor that I can tweak to my likings?<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/homebrewing/">Homebrewing</a> | Author: NW_BEERS_BEST<br />
Posted: November 8, 2009, 9:33 am]]></description>
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		<title>Mack and Jacks African Amber clone</title>
		<link>http://www.brewingkb.com/recipes/mack-jacks-african-amber-clone-2641.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons that I started homebrewing is this beer.  Beautiful Octoberfest like color,  great session beer, although the abv is over 5%, I always had at least 4 of them at a sitting.  My brother lives in seattle, and after 10 years of waiting for him to send me some in Massachusetts, I decided to make my own.  I found this recipe on another site, and didn't see it here, so I thought I post.  It's the byo version. 


 Mac & Jack?s African Amber (BYO, 3-4/2002, p. 18 
Extract (with All grain option); 5 gallons; OG = 1.060; FG = 1.018; IBUs = 38; ABV = 5.5% 

6.6 lbs Muntons light malt extract syrup 
0.5 lbs Muntons light dry malt extract 
1.0 lb Munich malt 
0.5 lbs crystal 80 
0.5 lbs carapils (dextrin) malt 
9.3 AAU Centennial hops (1 oz @ 9.3% alpha) for 60 min 
6.2 AAU Cascade hops (0.75 oz @ 8.3% alpha) for 2 min 
4.2 AAU Cascade hops (0.5 oz @ 8.3% alpha) dry hopping 
1 tsp Irish moss 
White Labs WLP005 (British Ale) or Wyeast 1098 (British Ale) yeast 
0.75 cups corn sugar for priming 

Steep crushed malts in three gallons 150F water for 30 min. Remove grains. Add malt syrup and malt powder and bring to a boil. Add Centennial hops and Irish moss and boil for 60 min. Add Cascade aroma hops for last two min of boil. 
When done boiling, strain out hops, add the wort to two gallons of cool water in sanitary fermenter, top off with cool water to 5.5 gal. Cool wort to 80F, aerate, and pitch yeast. Allow beer to cool over next few hours to 68-70F and ferment for 10-14 days. Add 0.5 oz Cascade pellets to dry hop your beer for five to seven days, the bottle. Pellet hops work well when dry hopping this beer. 

All-grain 
Replace extract with 9 lbs British pale malt. Mash all grains at 155F for 45 min. Collect enough wort to boil for 90 min and have 5.5 gal yield. 
Decrease Centennial to 0.75 oz. Rest of recipe is same.

I did a few thing different, I couldn't get centennial, so I used 1.5 oz Cascade for the bittering.  I added the irish moss at 10minutes.  and I used the Wyeast 1056 American ale Instead of the british Ale.  That's all they had at the LHBS,  I hope it doesn't make that much difference, because I love this beer.   Also, I'm not going to dry hop, because, well because I really don't like to, I added an ounce of Cascade at 30 min, and a half ounce of Cascade at flame out.   I got an OG of 1.057<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/recipes/">Homebrew Recipes</a> | Author: bruguru<br />
Posted: February 10, 2008, 12:01 am]]></description>
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		<title>another ? bout kits</title>
		<link>http://www.brewingkb.com/homebrewing/another-bout-kits-4120.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[has anyone ever used a kit were the wort is already made you just pour it add water then add yeast<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/homebrewing/">Homebrewing</a> | Author: brewercb<br />
Posted: November 6, 2009, 8:13 pm]]></description>
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		<title>New Appreciation</title>
		<link>http://www.brewingkb.com/pub/new-appreciation-4121.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I do alot of traveling now with my recent promotion, and I go all over new england as far as Bangor ME, and all the way down to Long Island.  This is indeed alot of fun, as I get to meet new people, enjoy local beers of all kinds.  This also poses a problem, as usually I have to be up at 5 am and get on the road to see my accounts no matter where I am.
     I've had a few embarassing incidents that have to do with drinking my own beer.  The first was on the 4th of July where in a 6 hour period I had about 12 African Ambers, with nothing to eat, and then proceeded to partake in the keg that was available.  Needless to say I thought my friends where going to leave me for dead on the highway, I was obnoxious, and a lousy drunk that day.  The other was at a Pats Pre season game where I had 4 hours before kickoff to tailgate, and ending up splitting a case of my Strawberry Rhubarb Wheat with my buddy, and then partaking in other offerings at the game.  I ended up getting thrown out of the Stadium before half time, and stumbling around after in the parking lot, Not pretty at all.
     Then on Long Island I went to a bar with one of my Accounts after hours to Watch the Yankees vs the Angles game 5 (On the way to the Yankees Winning their 27th World Series).  The bar was Millers Ale house, and while they had 80 beers on tap, they had a special, a bucket of 6 beers for 8 bucks, you can't beat that, and since I'm on a business budget, that's what we had.  There was a choice of 4 kinds of beer, but he liked Coors Light, and that was the one that we had.  I've never had a Coors Light before, really, i've never had one, no reason to, and I was suprised to find that it wasn't bad.  Tasted like seltzer water with a little beery flavor to it, but it finished very dry and crisp very refreshing Actually.  We had about 5 buckets while watching the game, that's about 12 plus beers, and I was just bearly buzzed? What?  this stuff is awsome for wanting to stand up, but also wanting to be able to have somthing to drink, the next morning I had no hangover and was able to get to my accounts in a timely basis.  
    I now have a new appreciation for all of these light beers, and I can see why people drink them.  Drinking a refreshing beer, and remaining upright when last call is 4 in the morning is a good thing, and it cuts down on embarassing incidents especially when you need to talk and remain sober for a long time.<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/pub/">The Pub</a> | Author: bruguru<br />
Posted: November 7, 2009, 7:36 am]]></description>
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		<title>Maine Brewers Fest</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm in Portland ME tonight for the fest tomorrow.
Just got back from the Seadog Brewpub.
Had a very nice sampler:
Special Brewers Brown Ale
Portland Pale on Cask
Riverdriver Porter
Stout
English Mild
IPA
Pale Ale
BluePaw
Blonde Ale
Owls Head light

Not my favorite brewery, but I wanted to check out the new Brewpub location.

Cheers!<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/pub/">The Pub</a> | Author: brewchez<br />
Posted: November 6, 2009, 6:16 pm]]></description>
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		<title>What happened to the Fall Community Brew?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well we seemed to have gotten things moving again with the Spring and Summer this year but what happened to the Fall?  I just realized this myself on Monday while brewing.  

So its kinda late in the season so what do you say we start planning the 2009 Winter Community Brew?<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/homebrewing/">Homebrewing</a> | Author: FirePitBrew<br />
Posted: October 28, 2009, 3:28 pm]]></description>
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		<title>Kegging w/out pressure relief valve</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question for all you keggers out there.  I am finally jumping into kegging.  I was given 2 pin-lock kegs from a fellow HB and all my accessories are ariving tomorrow.  But, these 2 kegs do not have pressure relief valves.  In all the posts about carbing, I see 'if there is too much pressure, just burp it until it is right.'

Am I going to have any issues without the valve, or is there a trick to this that my fellow hb is not telling me?  Because of space I will force carb sometimes, and then prime and let sit others.

thanks<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/bottling/">Bottling</a> | Author: djgbrewing<br />
Posted: November 5, 2009, 9:05 pm]]></description>
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		<title>White Labs Sweet Mead yeast</title>
		<link>http://www.brewingkb.com/brewing-cider/white-labs-sweet-mead-yeast-4117.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, through a random course of events I have managed to make a deal with a friend who lives on an orchard for 5.5 gallons of fresh apple juice. This will be my second batch of cider and I just wanted a little feedback on my proposed recipe.

Starter:

White Labs Sweet Mead Yeast 
5g Go-Ferm (I know it's not strictly needed)
1/4 Gal purified water
1/4 Gal apple unfiltered juice

Must:

5 Gal unfiltered juice treated w/ campden tabs
4 Lbs brown sugar
4 Tbsp ground cinnamon
1 Tsp ground cloves
1 Tsp ground nutmeg
1 Oz pectic enzyme
5 g Fermaid-K added 1/3 through the ferment

Other ingredients:
Sparkolloid fining
Corn Sugar for priming

I'm looking to create a slightly sweet cider.<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/brewing-cider/">Brewing Cider</a> | Author: Apollofrost<br />
Posted: November 3, 2009, 11:17 pm]]></description>
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		<title>what to upgrade first?</title>
		<link>http://www.brewingkb.com/equipment/what-upgrade-first-4115.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I started brewing in Jan of this year and I am now ready to start upgrading some of my equipment.  I am not ready for all grain yet so i don't need any of that special equipment.   

Brew ot or burner?  I'm leaning more towards a new brew pot but still can't make up my mind.  I only have a 5 gal pot right now, i would like to move up to a 15gal pot so i can brew 10 gal batches every once in awhile.  And i currently brew on kitchen stove.   

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/equipment/">Equipment</a> | Author: LB2015<br />
Posted: November 2, 2009, 11:51 am]]></description>
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		<title>Decoction Mash</title>
		<link>http://www.brewingkb.com/homebrewing/decoction-mash-4110.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone here normally use the decoction method for mashing?  I'd like to make a hefeweizen similar to weihenstephaner.  I made one last year using a single infusion mash, and it wasn't even close to any hefs I've ever had.  Any thoughts?<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/homebrewing/">Homebrewing</a> | Author: BobbySD<br />
Posted: October 28, 2009, 9:24 am]]></description>
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		<title>Airlock explosion</title>
		<link>http://www.brewingkb.com/homebrewing/airlock-explosion-4114.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[About 3 days into fermentation my airlock began to foam over, I just took this as a sign that I had a good fermentation going on, and after reading a similar post I assumed that everything was great. 10 minutes ago, my airlock blew the lid off and foaming extremely hard.
After the foaming had slowed, I decided to clean my airlock and re-sanitize it, as I took the rubber stopper off, the whole thing blew off and crap got everywhere. Now the beer is just foaming over the top of the carboy and wont stop. I'm guessing its time to scrap this batch, but I'm not sure.

Any suggestions?<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/homebrewing/">Homebrewing</a> | Author: coopington<br />
Posted: November 2, 2009, 8:18 am]]></description>
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		<title>New to Brewing</title>
		<link>http://www.brewingkb.com/equipment/new-brewing-4116.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi.  I am new to this whole brewing thing.  I want to do it because I love beer and I want a new hobby.  I know that down the road I might end up spending more money on better equipment, but was wondering what the best equipment to get started would be.  Please fill me in.  It would be great to have a brew by christmas.<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/equipment/">Equipment</a> | Author: newtobrewing<br />
Posted: November 3, 2009, 5:58 pm]]></description>
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		<title>High Efficiency Mash Tun : Manifold or False Bottom</title>
		<link>http://www.brewingkb.com/equipment/high-efficiency-mash-tun-manifold-or-4109.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm getting ready to start larger batches and have come into possession of 2, 1/2 barrel kegs 
(thanks to Chuck over at Green Flash) and was reading over this thread on kettle conversions.

http://www.brewingkb.com/equipment/keg-kettle-conversion-3142.html

And recently saw this post on 1n1m3g's HERMS system.
http://www.brewingkb.com/equipment/my-completed-herms-system-4090.html

Right now I only do 5 gallon batches and I use a 5 gallon cooler for a MT. I made the manifold 
from copper tubing, and I'm in the works for creating a newer version in quest for better efficiency. 
I'm already getting over 75% efficiency with the manifold I have, but I know it can be better.

I'm just wondering why everyone uses FB's in kegs, instead of a manifold. Is the efficiency better, or 
is it just a standard with kegs?<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/equipment/">Equipment</a> | Author: d4pivo<br />
Posted: October 27, 2009, 8:45 pm]]></description>
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		<title>bottle time - so bummed</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all,

I know this topic's been covered, but I need a fresh perspective.  I need to bottle my brown ale tomorrow and I'm dreading the process of cleaning and sterilizing the bottles.  Have been filling the 5 gal plastic bucket with water/san star (or whatever it's called) and putting each bottle in for a bit, then emptying it out. It takes forever.

What if I popped them in the dishwasher and just ran it with no soap? I don't have a sterilizing cycle and I have no idea how hot it gets. Do all dishwashers get hot enough to pasteurize? Would I add a few scope of the sanitizer granules in that little cup where you put the soap?

Any tips to speed up this process?  My poor brown needs to get from Secondary to bottles and I need to drink them for Thanksgiving at least!

Thanks!<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/homebrewing/">Homebrewing</a> | Author: Hosstaman<br />
Posted: October 24, 2009, 7:57 pm]]></description>
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		<title>pumpkin ale</title>
		<link>http://www.brewingkb.com/homebrewing/pumpkin-ale-4089.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[has anyone out there ever brewed a pumpkin ale?  "blue moon" makes an excellant pumpkin ale. i'm wondering if someone has a recipe to be able to brew a beer like this? if so, let me know, please!<br />
Forum: <a href="http://www.brewingkb.com/homebrewing/">Homebrewing</a> | Author: yummybeer<br />
Posted: October 8, 2009, 8:46 pm]]></description>
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