Recent content by shawshank24

I did a pilsner/nelson sauvin smash where i got to about 50 IBU - which in my opinion is too high. the beer tasted like white wine, and even after aging/mellowing for a long time it is still very fruity. if you go with only the nelson sauvin, i would probably keep the IBUs lower, unless a pale...

he can't google it, his knuckles are broken. not sure how he posted this thread though... one of the world's great mysteries.

i've had faster fermentations at higher temps. too high and you can cause off flavors.

Started drawing up plans for my first brew stand and checked the order tracking for all the beer stuff i ordered the other night.

i did a raspberry wheat with a similar % of flaked rye that wasn't thick like this. i am actually suspecting the golden naked oats - 10% of my grainbill, which i think is too much, even though everything i find on it says to use up to 15%. no, that can't be right either. i used 8.5% GNO in...

I force carb in kegs. It is still a little undercarbed, but close enough that i don't think that's the problem. The beer is still green, but i've never had a beer this thick at any point. I will grab another sample to re-check the gravity, but i'm sure it was low. I checked it at 1.008 and...

you have internet, but you can't order anything online... Location: Last Station... hector lives in space.

Bumping a very old thread here, but I just had the same problem. Brewed up an RyePA and the mouthfeel is super thick despite a FG of 1.006 - S-05 did work. I had assumed that gravity and mouthfeel had to proportional, so anyone have any ideas? My recipe: 8.5 lb 2 row 2.0 flaked rye 1.5 60L...

i've never done an extract batch. i'm 20-something batches deep in all-grain.

Ok, i will give my stuff a good soak and scrub using bleach before i brew the next batch, thanks for the suggestion. but i just had a thought - could force carbing with CO2 possibly be the source of this? I'm one of those guys that uses grade-unknown CO2 from the auto shop where i used to...

i do all grain BIAB. i guess my main suspect is bugs, i'll get some new plastic and see if anything changes. thanks guys

I feel like my sanitation is on point. Clean everything and use star san. I am using better bottles, but i just bounced from 3 gal to 6 gal, so they were new the most recent batches. My auto-siphon is also pretty much brand new. I bottle from the keg, if i am infected, it would probably have...

This thread hurts my feelings. My experience has been the opposite - my beers taste good out of fermenter when i rack to keg, and force carb, sometimes a bit green. Shortly after carbing (within 1-3 weeks) they generally taste very good. after some time, however, they all seem to thin out...

i circulate ice water through my IC using an aquarium pump http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012V1PX2/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details