Whole peeled fruit only.
1 lemon
1lime
1orange
6 oz tequila
2 oz orange liquor (your choice)
1/4 cup sugar
6 cups ice
Blend in vitamix (quality blender very important)
Thin with water as needed.
We like to add strawberries when we have them. Really you can play around with whatever fruit you...
He clearly mashed at a higher temperature than 155 F and ended up with less fermentable sugars. If he shoots for a lower temperature there will be less risk. He can slowly raise the temperature as needed.
Sounds like he is direct firing. I quit that because it is so easy to overshoot.
I...
It might be your water. Taste your water supply unfiltered. It took me about 4 batches to realize my water was causing the plastic taste in my beer and I had to find a new source of water.
As many imperial beers as I have had stop short, I have ordered the aeration kit. I hope it works, because it if does, it will be worth 10 times the price.