Recent content by Orr

Wow, lots of great ideas/suggestions here. Placing the fermenters in a cool water bath looks like it will help out until I can find a cheap fridge on Craigslist. Thanks everyone! :mug:

I've actually been adding only a portion of the extract at the start, and the remainder with about 15 minutes left. I think Palmer mentioned it in How To Brew. How does this plastic bucket swamp cooler work? Funny that you should say this. After Yooperbrew asked me to better explain the off...

No, not really.

The off flavor is kind of hard to describe and it doesn't really match up too well with the descriptions in my brew books. The first time it was more burnt plasticy, slightly medicinal or MAYBE electrical fire if you were really stretching it, which made me think wild yeast. The other times the...

Hello all... new poster here. I've only been brewing for about 6 months and I've encountered an off-taste I can't seem to get rid of. My first two batches came out fine with no off taste. The 5 or 6 since then have all had the same flaw, which is like a burnt plastic type of smell and flavor...