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I have a very sour smell coming from my fermenter. This is a remake of a very successful blonde ale. I used 2 row with a bit of vienna. Cascade hops bittered to about 22 IBU. BIAB 5 gallon batch. I pitched a washed yeast from an IPA....US-05 about 3rd generation. The pitch did not smell...

My latest IPA is a remake of a good batch. I unfortunately got a lot higher efficiency form my BIAB (I am still learning my process). I added a bit of top off water. At this point I am 10 IBU units low and a bit higher in alcohol. I was hoping to make a hop tea to add at least ten and up to...

So Tuesday was my first brew day by myself. I had helped my son a couple times, but was never the boss. I designed my own recipe using extract and specialty grains hoping to do a nice dry stout for my non craft brew friends that would be nice and sessionable for me. I boiled some water in...

A lot of the store juices have malic acid added to them along with ascorbic acid. Is it ok to have this in at the start? I notice a lot of people add it to secondary. How would it affect the final product? Thanks Wayne

I will preface by saying I am new to this hobby and the first part of this plan comes from a totally clueless beginning. I am planning to try and revive a small amount of saved Nottingham from a batch that will have been done 8 weeks ago. We have a small amount saved from this batch. We...