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On all-grain brewing is the temperature based on the grain bed or the wort? If the grain bed temp drops the wort temp will be much higher to get the mash temp back. Does that cause off-flavors? With a mash out at 168 is that the grain bed temp or the wort temp?

I made a 1500ml yeast starter and added a 1/2 cup of Balackberries, peelings from 2 peaches and added to the starter. Put on an airlock and set it on my stirplate. There was activity in 6 hours. Its been 4 days and everything is going well. Question, should I wash the yeast to remove the...

I brewed a wheat and want to enter in a contest next week but do not know where it fits in the BJCP style listing. It tastes more like a pale ale since I do not like any thing with a clover taste. 6lbs Wheat LME 8oz Caravienne 8oz Carapils 1oz Sterling 45 min 1oz Palisade 5 min Wyeast...

I am brewing an English Pale Ale. Nine days after I racked the brew I dry hopped it. I soaked the hop bag in a warm mix of beer brite and dropped the hops in after the bag cooled. I check on it three days latter and noticed a white dusting of something on top of the brew and the bag. Now I can...

I am brewing an ALT Beer(German Brown) kit with liquid yeast. After the first week of fermintation I racked the beer into a second carboy and it is still active with bubbles(about 6 min apart) in the airlock after three weeks for a total of four weeks. Hope this is going to be a good batch...