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Category: Fermentation

Verdant Blonde IPA

September 2, 2020 stephen gale 2 Comments

I have seen a lot of press recently about Verdant IPA Yeast from Lallemand, so I thought I would give…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Yeast Filed under: beer fermentation, Verdant Yeast

Avoiding contamination

August 25, 2020 stephen gale

I recently encountered by first contaminated brew. It looks like it was some sort of wild yeast contamination. I am…

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Posted in: Contamination, Fermentation, Yeast Filed under: avoiding contaminsation, sanitising

Record keeping

August 24, 2020 stephen gale

If you want to improve your brewing, and you want to be able to brew consistently, you have to keep…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Gravity Readings, Record Keeping Filed under: record keeping

Reducing sediment

August 16, 2020 stephen gale 1 Comment

One of the things that has bugged me has been the amount of sediment in my bottle conditioned beer. It…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Yeast Filed under: chiller, cold crash, sediment

Contaminated fermentation

August 14, 2020 stephen gale

Well, after nearly 50 brews, this is the first time that I have encountered a contamination in the brewing process.…

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Posted in: Contamination, Fermentation, Gravity Readings Filed under: beer fermentation

Fermentation temperatures

August 9, 2020 stephen gale

The Grainfather fermentation vats allow me to control the fermentation temperature according to a preset profile. I find that the…

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Posted in: Fermentation Filed under: beer fermentation

Differences in anticipated and actual gravity readings

August 8, 2020 stephen gale

I have noticed some trends in the gravity readings of my recent brews: The Starting Gravity (SG) is normally within…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Gravity Readings, Yeast Filed under: Gravity readings

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