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Cold Crashing FAQ – Home Brewing

Dan Bandekow | January 1, 2016

What Is Cold Crashing? Cold Crashing is the process of rapidly dropping the temperature of your home brewed beer before carbonation. This is done to have yeast, proteins

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All About Secondary Fermentation – The Two Stage Fermentation FAQ

Dan Bandekow | March 4, 2015

All About Secondary Fermentation – The Two Stage Fermentation FAQ What is Secondary Fermentation? A secondary fermentation is when your fermented beer is transferred from the primary fermentation

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Can I Just Ferment In The Bottling Bucket? What About Secondary Fermentation?

Dan Bandekow | February 8, 2015

Can I just ferment in the bottling bucket? Why transfer from one to the other? Or if I want to do a secondary, could I just do

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Home Brewing – The Water FAQ (aka Turning Water Into Fine)

Dan Bandekow | January 28, 2015

Much like how the famed limestone water of Kentucky makes their bourbon so special, what is in your water (or not in it) could make or break just

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6 Mistakes That Lead To “Bottle Bombs” & How To Avoid/Fix Them – Home Brewing

Dan Bandekow | December 18, 2014

So you just bottled some home brew beer, you patiently wait the weeks away for the perfect time to try one out and when you go to put

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Cascade – Know Your Hops

Dan Bandekow | October 14, 2014

Cascade Alpha Acids: 4.5% – 7% Beta Acids: 4.8% – 7% Cohumulone: 33% – 40% Total Oils: 0.7mls – 1.4mls Myrcene: 45% – 60% Caryophyllene: 3.5% – 5.5%