Recent content by hammy1983

thanks guys. I'll try and be patient (isnt my strong point) and wait a few weeks and see how this batch tastes.

So I recently took everyones advice and some more. I appreciate all the feedback. I brewed on June 1st a simple blonde all that is now fermenting nicely in a bucket. One of my brew friends brought up the fact that I didnt boil my wort chiller for 15 min as I just soaked it in starsan (hosed...

^ true. I have no choice at this point as its driving me nuts. I just dont want to change too many things at once making it harder to pinpoint. From my APA to this one, I changed a ton. No oxyclean, new fermentasaurus tank, didnt screw up my water addition, didnt use antifoam, used new dry...

I've brewed 1 brew house kit (prepared wort and I added 4 litres of untreated unboiled water) 2 Festa brew kits (wort in a box) 1 cream ale extract all using my well water, fermented in my basement and none hit over 70 in temp (according to the temp sticker) and all of them turned out well...

update. I brewed a blonde ale about 3 weeks ago and bottled it friday. tasted it yesterday and its the same damn medicinal/chemical taste. my recipe 6.5g started with 8.5g I used well water with the softerner off and the iron and sulphur remover on. my crush is set to about .026 (.65mm) 1 tsp...

I have the fermentasaurus and I'm starting to hate it. The valve assembly at the bottom you have to tighten a fair bit to ensure no leaks. At that point it makes it difficult to extremely difficult to remove for cleaning. You cant use anything on the inside of the tanks as they scratch...

^ very true. My extract cream ale was fine. Same with my all grain saison I brewed with a seasoned brewer. Also very true about your yeast comments as I have no clue. As for aerating, I didnt do much of that other than when I transfer it and let it splash against the side of the bucket and...

I recently added about 8% of my grain bill in priming sugar to boost the ABV as I screw up and adding to much water during the boil. I cant tell you it definitely effects mouth feel and makes your beer very dry.

I recently screwed up and watered down my beer. unintentionally. I personally would just except the slight bump from the priming sugar calculator and keep the taste.

thanks guys. The reason for the oxyclean soak for the fermentasaurus was because I scratched one before using a non-scratch sponge. So now I figured I'd just soak it to get the krausen line off. Clearly a week is too long, I agree. I'm currently in the process of rising my tanks thoroughly...

To start off this was my first all grain batch I brewed alone (no seasoned brewer watching over me) I bottle carb and after a week I tried it. its carb but the taste is lacking which I am not great with picking out tastes. It smells great. I brought it to a brew meeting and the ones who...

its not the bottles. Your infection happened way before. If it was the bottles, and after your cleaning process you described, you'd have some that would be fine.

great use of material. I finally found a use for the moving blankets I've had around my house forever. The ones I have are also fire resistant as well so its great for keeping the heat in. Last mash I lost 1 degree in 60 minutes.

I've only bottled about 5 batches so far and not 1 issue. Once bottled I leave them in big rubber made containers. The first one I open I wrap in in a towel just in case.

what did the elephant say to the naked man? How do you breath through that thing