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Mr Wizard
Ashton Lewis has been answering homebrewing questions in Brew Your Own’s “Mr. Wizard” column since its inception in 1995. If you have a homebrewing question, there’s a good chance Ashton has answered it.
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Mr. Wizard
Scavenging Oxygen
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Mr. Wizard
Control Mash Temperature with a Propane Heating System
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Mr. Wizard
Predicting Mash pH
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Scavenging Oxygen, a Propane Heating System, and Water Chemistry
It’s long been proven that bottle-conditioned beer lasts longer than those bottled already carbonated. The Wiz dives into the reasoning be
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Mr. Wizard
Can LED Light Skunk Beer?
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Mr. Wizard
Step Mashing Efficiency Vs. Infusion
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Mr. Wizard
Blending Fruit Wine in Beer
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Can LED Light Skunk Beer? Step Mashing Efficiency and Blending Wine in Beer
Can LED lights skunk beer the same way incandescent and fluorescent lights do? Mr. Wizard dives into the topic. He also shares advice for bl
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Mr. Wizard
Questioning Boil Duration
Mr. Wizard dives into the sanctity of boil length.
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Mr. Wizard
Calculating Ice Requirements For Wort Chilling
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Adjusting Boil Times and Ice Requirements for Wort Chilling
Mash and boil durations used to be practically set in stone but questions about their nearly static nature have arisen. Mr. Wizard recently
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Getting Into the Nitty Gritty on Apparent Attenuation