Is vinegar an effective sanitizing agent for home beer brewing?
GMoney asked:
Home brew books and stores recommend using chlorine or idodine to sanitize your brew kit, but has anyone tried using plain old vinegar? Obviously I wouldn’t be using a “raw” vinegar with live cultures, but couldn’t the good old white stuff work to kill unwanted contaminants? Seems like it would be easier on the enviroment and my wallet, too. Let me know if you’ve had any experience disinfecting with vinegar. Thanks.
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What is the best material to filter my home made beer with?
diceman asked:
Some people say pour it through cheese cloth before putting it in the bottling pail. My brew is ready I would just want a little more clarity..I was told not to use a metal strainer…
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My home brew doesn’t have “kick?”?
Fletch asked:
I made a batch of home brewed beer. There doesn’t seem to be hardly any alcohol content to it at all.
I put in a tsp of brewing sugar per 16oz bottle and let it sit for a week.
Any ideas what might have gone wrong?
If it matters I made a Australian Pale Ale. Coopers.
Yes. It brewed in a 5gal bucket for 1 week and then a 5 gal carboy for another week and a half before bottling. I put the brewing sugar in each individual bottle during the bottling phase.
I’m not really sure. I don’t have the tester for specific gravity. I was told I shouldn’t be concerned with it due to the fact I was using a canned product.
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some good home brew beers?
sfry1980 asked:
any one have some great home brew beers
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Home made beer made me sick?
mina_lumina asked:
I had two of my friends’ home made beers on Sunday night and had excruciating stomach cramps the next morning. I thought it was food poisoning, but couldn’t think of anything I had eaten that my husband hadn’t, but he was fine. Then, Thursday night, I had another of these beers and immediately started getting the cramps again. My husband, and the friend, and the friend’s wife can drink these beers and feel fine. I’m thinking it was some bacteria in the beer I had never encountered that I developed an allergy to (they were newly brewed beer). My question has two parts. I want to know if anyone else has experienced this, and I also want to know if this is going to happen every time I have home made beer, or was it more likely just this batch?
I want to head off any comments that bacteria can’t live in beer: it can and does, which is why it is so important to sterilize the equipment. It’s a common misconception that it can’t, and I’d like to keep the record set straight.
Once again adding that bacteria can grow in beer. Just because it is sterilized at one point does not mean it always remains sterilized. While something remains at room temperature, any exposure to anything that has not been sterilized poses a risk of contamination. Unless you are boiling the beer at super heated temperatures seconds before drinking it, there is always room for bacteria. If bacteria could not grow in beer, there would not be any need to sterilize the equipment. Home brewers are warned of the nasties that can contaminate beer. The alcohol content is not enough to kill bacteria. Just, trying through gritted teeth to make sure people are aware of this…
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Would I save money if I bought Grolsh bottles for home brewing?
tooter asked:
They have the flip top bottles for 5 or 6 dollars a 6 pack. Mr beer sells 12 flip top bottles for 40 + dollars. They are cool and Amber color while the Grolsh are greenish color. Any advice?
Would the light from refrigerator hurt my beer in the Grolsh bottles?
I’ve heard of UV rays doing that????
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What kind of beer should I brew?
SLOTH asked:
I’ve got a home brewing kit. Which of these beers sound good? I can’t decide.
Cherry Stout?
India Pale Ale?
Pilsner?
Pumpkin Ale?
Other?
What’s you favorite type if non of these sound good?
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Which is your favorite type of honey for home-brewing beer (most recipes)?
Matt asked:
What type of honey would you choose if a particular homebrew recipe didn’t specify? Clover, orange blossom, or alfalfa honey? How does mesquite honey differ?
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home brewing beer filtration tips?
fort asked:
Anyone have any good tips on how to filter home brewed beer? I just made some, and normally I filter the beer through a coffee filter. Does anyone have any better ideas?
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Got Home brew?
menaced817 asked:
I am wanting to start the hobby of brewing beer at home and want to start super simple with something like a Mr.Beer kit. I live in a small apartment and am wondering 1) will it make my apt stink and affect my neighbors 2) I read somewhere about placing the container into a thermocooler where I can regulate the tempature and at all times….any ideas or advice would be appreciated to utilize limited space
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