78? I guess its all in where you live, my basement is so cold right now I'm
looking at lagers..lol


"Denny Conn" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> > I was just wondering, if I notice my Ale starting to slow in[/color][/color]
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> > after the first 4 days, is it ok to add additional honey or starch to[/color][/color]
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> > going again. I am concerned that I did not add enough starch to the must
> > when I prepared the Ale this time. I used oats and boiled the starch out[/color][/color]
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> > them and removed the solids using a strainer. Last time when I prepared[/color][/color]
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> > Simple Mead my brew stopped boiling after the first 5 days but when I[/color][/color]
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> > it it was very mouthwashy so I went ahead and racked it any way since it[/color][/color]
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> > a kick to it. This time my Ale that I am making stopped bubbling after[/color][/color]
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> > 4 days and i do not want to rack it because when I smelled the Ale it[/color][/color]
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> > not have a very strong alcohol scent to it. That can't be good. Please[/color][/color]
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> Firstly, you can't boil the stacrh out of oats...the starches need to be
> converted to sugar by enzymes. The usual way to do that is to mash the
> oats with some pale malt. Also, I see from anopther message that your
> temps are 78F...that's WAY to high to make good beer. I'd just give up
> on this batch and go to [url]www.howtobrew[/url] to get an idea of how you should
> do it the next time.
>
> --------->Denny
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