Recent content by Nickbro

LOL The struggle is real... I did just brew another DME batch because I needed a win. I guess like you said I'm too stubborn to know when to quit. I had my brewing buddy and a few of my friends try it and they agreed that something wasn't right with it. The bottled water isn't a store...

I've come across this article and it's definitely a good read. I have tried the step and decoction mashes without luck :(

I did try adding calcium chloride to adjust the PH. I used the proportions from Gordon Strong's recipe here. https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/el-hefe-3/ I have used Wyeast 3068 and harvested yeast from Urban Chestnut Schnickelfritz (one of my favorites). The flavor is...

I took it by my LHBS and their take on it was that it tasted "wheaty" but they didn't think it was infected. The ones that weren't terrible had more of an American wheat flavor than a hefe flavor. The water is bottled water and I used it exclusively throughout. I have tried the calcium...

That's interesting I definitely run on the low IBUs side of things but had never heard that before! The last batch should have been around 10 IBUs. I tried to minimize the "moving parts" and I brewed just 1 gallon chilled it in an ice bath and went into a glass fermentor that had been...

I am trying to brew a German hefeweizen - it's my favorite kind of beer. I've been trying for about 2 years to get the brew I'm looking for. I love the banana clove bubble gum flavor in a good Hefe but can't seem to get anywhere close to it. So I am stumped. Every time it gets a weird flavor...