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It's...complicated, it's the sort of thing that really comes with experience and knowing how your kit and your yeast respond. So there's...

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FWIW yesterday's line 3 was UNCUT. My luck went the other way today, 4 yellows on the first line took it down to 2 words, and I guessed...

To avoid stress - don't do a starter, it just consumes the sterols which means that the yeast needs oxygen for your main brew, and if it...

Usually a sign of stress or fermenting too warm.

General advice with kveiks (ei not ie) is to add nutrient below 1.060 or so eg ...

Unusual managing to have 4 yellows in a line - I got it down to two words after the second line, but guessed wrong. Wordle 1,228 4/6...

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You can do anything you like. A better question is - why would you want to ferment a porter under pressure? The normal reason for...

More oxygen allows the yeast to keep dividing after its sterol levels are down to "normal", but what's there is enough for typical...

One of those, 5 left after the second row, but took 4 guesses to get it... Wordle 1,224 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

No yellows today... Nice Connections today to celebrate their 500th, although it needs a bit of knowledge of US English. Wordle 1,222...

As I say, it's become a lazy substitute for good brewing... Sterols are not about nutrients other than oxygen. The reason yeast need...

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That's OK, some beers are just like that, they don't all have to be session beers. But personally I'd be looking to reduce lactose not...