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Well, here is an update. The Lager I made with tap water smells foul. I see no fluff or anything bad but is smells worse than a normal lager. The one I made with distilled water smells much better. The tap water brew smells like the distilled water one times 10 🤢

I decide to to a brew today. Brewing usually of hurry up and wait. Figured COVID could not stop that. I did another Americana Light Lager. I should have results in 6 to 8 weeks.

I was going to try to brew another Americana Light with distilled water this weekend and compare it to the one I started about two weeks ago but COVID is still kicking my butt

I just checked my LME and there is no date on it. So the next batch I make, so I can use up all the cheap LME I have, is with distilled water and then go back to the good stuff

Just doing a quick analysis of my Americana light, whether I do steeping grains or partial mash, Right Brew would cost me $24.23 to get enough stuff to do one batch and morebeer would cost me $40.72. Homebrew Ohio and label peelers seem to be a bit tougher on this particular Brew because I would...

Well I see some savings right there. Time to go shopping at other places

It is Brewmaster LME. I was getting it from Morebeer.com . I tried to save some $$ and it is not working out. I will be going back to Briess. I know you like Munton's from your other posts and I would like to find a source for them. Morebeer.com seems to always have everything in stock that I...

Well duh! Why didn't I think of that. I used to use Briess but switched to something cheaper. I will order some more Briess and test that against one of my off brand brews. I bet that will help a lot. That was such a simple answer I never saw it.

No I am not. My chlorine is low but I am getting some campden tablets anyhow. I guess I am going to go back to the beginning and start fresh. Distilled water and campden seems to be a good base starting point. Make sure the water and temperatures are correct first, then go from there. I seem to...

Thank you for these replies. After reading the chapter and the thread, I will start by using distilled water. Get me a base first. Then I can go from there. My minerals are low but my alkalinity is high. This may explain why I seem to have a funky flavor to all my beers. I usually only brew...

Right now I have covid and all I can do is sit here sleep and read. But I'm also having major brain fog so instead of Googling everything and getting confused I'm going to ask about Brew water with extract brewing and partial Mash brewing. It seems like everything that I've seem to have read...

HB Irish Red

Bottom of the bottling bucket. Strawberry lemon shandy.

I need a new Dr. Who scarf that is exactly 23 feet 0.102 inch

My last Blueberry Wheat beer in my Yeti because it be hot outside