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I've brewed my first two BIAB recipes and both have a strange flavor in them. One taster described it as having the aftertaste of formaldehyde. The first one was Northern Brewer's Cream Ale recipe with Wy1056. I had a long lag phase (2 days) and I attributed my off flavor (astringent) to...

I transferred my Vino Italiano Chardonnay to secondary and everything looked good. I let it finish then decided to transfer again to degas and add my stabilizers. The carboy secondary looked fine. When it went into the tertiary I noticed really big bubbles. I sanitized with StarSan but it...

I'm brewing the BYO clone of Edmund Fitzgerald Porter. It calls for WLP013 London Ale. I have WLP002 English, WLP028 Edinburgh, and WY1056 American. 013 is more attenuative than 002 (which is more estery than 013). I read that 013 has some smokieness, which I've noticed in 028 (which has...

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Make your voice heard, vote and then post whether you've done one or both and how sweet you like it each way. I'm trying to decide between each option and wondering what SG to shoot for with each.

Nevermind. Moderators can delete this thread. Thanks.

I've made Ed's Apfelwein. Several times. I didn't care for it so I aged it, added concentrate to it, added other juices, etc. I still wasn't happy so I tried Brandon O's Graff. It was much more what I was looking for but still not quite right. I've made all sorts of wines, Welch's...

Could this split be causing my cones and leaves to brown? I assumed that it was due to a lack of water. It has been really dry here lately. It could be that the bine has grown too large, I only trained two rather than three bines from this crown. I've also heard that sisal twine can contract...

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Just stopped by Steelers77's website and saw this notice. "Due to a family tragedy we will be suspending shipment on all orders until Wednesday June 29th. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause." I don't know what the tragedy is but I thought I'd let the community know so we can...

I've been wanting to try the "Liquor Quik" essences sold by Midwest supplies for some time. I've done lots of reading lately and have decided to go with the Prestige essences sold at Brewhaus.com. I would like to ferment a sugar wine with Red Star Premier Cuvee at 15% abv to mix with some...

I've made two 1 gallon batches of mead. I just opened my last bottle recently that I started last January. I've enjoyed them but others said they tasted "skunky," "metallic," and "I just don't like it." I recently purchased a bottle of Kenco Farms mead as a commercial example because I've...

I've done a double batch with different yeasts. But had an idea of taking two beers with identical hop rates and steeping/mashing some grains to use as my top up water for one batch. Anyone done this. Here's my plan. 6gal water 15lbs. Wheat LME 2 oz Willamette hops for 60min. cooled...

I've searched and found one post about someone who might do what I'm thinking of doing. I recently made a 6 gallonish batch of apfelwein with Cote des blanc yeast. I used it because I was aiming for something less dry. I've made a few batches of Ed's stuff and I've always been...

I added my WL vial to a .75 L starter and let it go two days on my stirplate. I put it in the fridge to cold crash. After about a week it settled pretty well. I took it out of the fridge to prepare for freezing. In the five minutes it took to sanitize my vials and get ready my yeast cake...

I'm making a Braggot and don't have D47 as per the recipe. I've got Cote Des Blanc, Montrachet, and Premier Cuvee. Which should I use?

Which would you sub for Hallertau? If you had to, I know neither is a great match. I'm just looking for opinions. The recipe I'll be using is 1 oz. 4.5AA for 60min and 1 oz for flavor/aroma. My Willamette is 4.8% and my Cluster is 5%. Thanks

I'm making a 500ml starter with my new DIY stirplate. How long do you guys let the starter go before crash cooling and using/freezing with glycerine solution? Thanks

I extract brew and was planning on buying a 33lb jug of Pilsen or Golden light I have lots of Centennial Cascade Willamette Cluster I have 12oz Dingeman's Special B Briess Special Roast Dingeman's Biscuit Munton's Chocolate I have 14oz of Roast Barley I have 8oz Victory...

I've tried BeerTools.com. I've got some ingredients I'm looking to use up and wanted to enter all my ingredients into a search and let it show me the best recipes for using up my stock. Thanks for the help.