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Brewed this about 2 months ago. Fantastic! Made one change to the grain bill. Added 0.5 lbs Melanoiden. Mash tun was maxed out.

I forgot to mention that I speak in semi-truths....similar to our gov't.:cross: Yep, ppb is an incredibly low number, ergo it doesn't take much of it to create off flavors. Thanks for the correction.

If it was just regular old chlorine, that taste/odor would have evaporated when you boiled you wort. If it was chloromine, that's a different story. That will not evaporate when boiled. Might want to make a call to your water supplier to see what product they use to "chlorinate" with.

I recently invested in a refractometer. Needless to say...its NICE! It's so awesome to be able to track your gravity while boiling. Wish I would have made that jump a long time ago.

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Oxidation effects beer flavor in a few ways. The most unpalatable occurs mostly in light-colored beers: the formation of trans-2-nonenal. This compound, which is classified as an aldehyde, tastes like paper or lipstick (lipstick and paper actually taste quite similar!). It has a very low flavor...

Brewing a high gravity red ale (target OG 1.081). Have never brewed a red ale before and wanted to have something ready for St. Patty's Day. I have two yeast options. WLP007 Dry English Ale Yeast and WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast. Was wondering if any of you vets had a preference between...

Founders Artist Inspired Black IPA

Nope...but I probably need to be.

Yep..even us hillbillies have caught the homebrew bug. Been brewing for about 3 years now and have been a silent observer of hbt.com for quite awhile. Finally made the jump to become a member. Favorite style beer - a nice WC IPA. Favorite hobby (other than homebrewing) - doing what my...