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Started Nov 18

Adjustments for 2Hearted Clone to Avoid Over Carbonation?

Ok, cool. Is there any kind of testing/readings I can do to find out sugar presence? Other than the testing original gravity and final gravity since I've already blown that.

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Adjustments for 2Hearted Clone to Avoid Over Carbonation?
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I just made a 2 Hearted clone the other day. here's the recipe: http://www.beertools.com/html/recipe.php? you can see 2 Hearted uses almost twice the grains as a typical pale ale, 13lbs in the cas...

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I'd still go ahead and check your final gravity and look for something close to what your target f.g. is, don't rely on airlock activity. Obviously, you can't know for sure what your actual f.g. should be without having taken a starting gravity bu...
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Ok, cool. Is there any kind of testing/readings I can do to find out sugar presence? Other than the testing original gravity and final gravity since I've already blown that.
on Wednesday
You shouldn't have any problems as long as you allow it to fully attenuate. Assuming you've allowed the yeast to consume all the sugars in your wort, the only sugars available during priming will be from the priming sugar.
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As I mentioned the other day, WSD and I decided to celebrate this unexpected Indian Summer by making our way into the Great White North on Saturday in search of open roads and delicious craft brew. And, while our adventure took some acceptable, though unforeseen, detours, we were served some of the

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