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1) Your grain bed is rising? The only thing I can think of with this is that you're filling with water to an inch above the grain bed, then when everything is actually wet (and expanded) you're confusing the now totally soaked and expanded grains with a rising grain bed. 2) Yes, just fill to...

So, which way is the fan blowing on the non-beer-line PVC pipe? Is that supply air or return air? I would imagine it is supply air, but just curious.

You should check it out. I find my version peaks between 7-10 months.

How to Use a Refractometer

Hydrometer or refractometer reading?

Yeah, I believe those are last year's hops under closer inspection. Building my bulk order now.

What do you mean by "expensive"? YVH has them here for $14/lb.

Batch number in sharpie on the cap is my way of staying sane. Friends and family have a cheat sheet.

BOOM! Get it guys! :D But seriously, for those of you that have a problem with the way things are being done: I hope I can inspire you to get up, get certified, rank up and do something about it! I did exactly that and now I have 13 new judges learning the way of the BJCP in my very own class...

Spiegelau. That is all.

Not gonna lie, I'm half tempted. But you wanna talk crazy? I led an off-flavor class last night with 13 other crazy people who sat around drinking intentionally bad beer. Now that's a bit off!

HAHAHAHAHA, my Googling led me to this: The Most Disgusting Drinks I'm not gonna lie, I'm going to err on the side of caution and never, ever drink this disgusting looking beverage.

I make (IMO) a pretty great BGSA. In the past two years, it medals about 65% of the time. Scores range from 33 to 45 - pretty big range, yeah? The 33 type scores note that it is likely "too big for style". Upper limit of the style is 10.5% ABV, mine is 8.5% - so either these judges have very low...

Don't forget that everyone has a different threshold for perceiving off-flavors and flavors in general. You can calibrate your palate based off of standard concentrations of off-flavors, but how many people here really have the opportunity to go to sensory training? Judging is inherently...

If he can identify the flavor more accurately, then that will be a huge help in trying to troubleshoot from a couple of states away. Let us know what he says! :mug: