Category: Brewing
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Turn Yeast into a Mosquito Killing Army!
Mosquitoes are drawn to CO2. Yeast create CO2. So, use yeast to draw mosquitoes into a trap. I heard about this tip somewhere and thought I’d share it with you. It cleverly uses yeast’s carbon-dioxide bi-product to trick mosquitoes into going into a bottle. Since mosquitoes are also drawn to heat, you can paint the…
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Dirk’s Lawnmower Cream Ale Recipe
Cream Ale (based on Weed, Feed and Mow from Brewing Classic Styles) Style: Cream Ale OG: 1.050 Type: All Grain FG: 1.009 Rating: 0.0 ABV: 05.40 % Calories: 162 IBU’s: 16.50 Efficiency: 80 % Boil Size: 7.25 Gal Color: 3.7 SRM Batch Size: 5.00 Gal Boil Time: 90 minutes Fermentation Steps Name Days / Temp…
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How to Remove Labels from Beer Bottles
Every once and a while, as a reluctant as we are, home brewers sometimes buy beer. Shocking isn’t it? It’s not a big deal; we usually reuse those bottles for our own brew. But there’s a problem with this. One of the biggest pains for a home brewer is removing labels from old bottles. In fact,…
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Yet Another Homebrew Q/A Site
For good info on home-brewing beer, there’s not much better than Home Brew Talk. And for techie-questions, I also love Stack Overflow and the whole Stack Exchange for the voting and atmosphere. The cool thing is, both of these ideas are now combined into one site: Homebrew – Stack Exchange http://homebrew.stackexchange.com/ It’s left to be seen,…
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Belgian Wit and Honey Brown Ale
Currently brewing a belgian wit and a honey brown ale. The only reason these have anything to do with each other is that they were both brewed by myself and a gracious helper. The honey brown ale on the right was brewed with Tom May and the Wit on the left was brewed with my…