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I have had an offf flavor in my past 4 batches. Very strong alcohol smell (rubbing alcohol). My cleanliness is top notch and i cant seem to figure out what my issue is. This is my latest batch. Hefeweizen ready to keg still in fermenter. Does this look like an issue to anyone? And if so, any...

Hey guys just wanted to share my build. It is almost complete and I am very excited. Just need to figure out how I should mount my blichmann mash temp controller. Also need to decide on a plate chiller. Tell me what you all think.

This is an American pale ale all grain it was brewed 2 weeks ago today. Had a pretty vigorous fermentation even without a yeast starter. I have been thinking this was krausen and it would drop out over time but not for sure. Can you guys tell me if I'm in the clear or if I'm infected? Thank you

I want to build a simple mash tun temp controller. I really looked and couldn't find a simple build list and instructions. I would just like to have my keggle mash tun with false bottom recirculating and my propane turning on and off for temperature. Any help would be awesome everyone thank you!!

I have built myself a three tier stand with on burner up top for heating sparge water and one burner on bottom for the boil. I use a 10 gallon igloo cooler for my mash but I think I'm ready to do a direct fire mash tun. My question is that before I add a burner and have the headache of trying to...

I have a 10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler that I am using as a mash tun I keep having about 4-5 degrees of heat loss during a 60 minute mash. Does anyone else have this much of a problem with heat loss and what did you do about it. Also I was starting my mash all stirred took temp right before I put...

I brewed what I am hoping to be an awesome Belgian tripel on 9/28/12. I used wyeast Trappist high gravity made a starter and pitched. All that to say that I went away for the weekend and the temperature here dropped to the thirtys and it didn't warm up until today and it only got to 66. Anyways...

Does anyone here do full boil partial mashes? I really would rather do it this way. Something about it seems like it may make better beer. So my questions is how and can anyone give any tips I simply want to do 5-10 gallon full boil. I usually do partial mash brews from Austin homebrew.

Have a question for all you water specialists out there. I was introduced to Kengan water tonight google it tell me what you think as far as it being good brew water. It tastes great and I am thinking about buying a system for myself.

Last night I had a friend over to brew with me and I had just got done chilling and went to top off I told him to grab the gallon jug of water to put in the fermenter. Well needless to say there was a full gallon of star San mixed solution an he poured that in there. What do I do or do I just...

I made a partial mash American wheat from Austin homebrew last week and I really want to rack on top of blueberries soon. I am coming here for everyone's help on the best step by step way of getting this done with no infection and what I have to do to do this. Also I am wondering when I should...

I did a partial mash three nights ago and pitched wyeast 1010 American wheat. I had an o.g, of 1.050. I did everything normal and shook for almost 7 minutes to aerate my wort. Now I have no airlock activity and I did wait three days now. Any suggestions maybe wait a few days and get some new...

I have a Belgian white in the fermenter right now and have been wanting to do a blueberry beer. I know most recommend anywhere from 1 1/2 lbs. per gallon to 2 lbs. per gallon but what do I have to do to sanitize the blueberrys before I put them in the secondary and rack on top of them

Recently made some keggles an have started on making myself a three tier brewstand to go to all grain soon hopefully. While waiting for all this to get done I really want to use my keggles and didn't figure I should be using them in the 2-3 gallon partial boils I have been doing. I have been...

Brewed a Belgian saison session from Austin home brew on 4-27-12 my question is it is stuck at 1.018 and no bubbling in the airlock. I moved to a warmer room and still nothing. Do I bottle or wait?

A it true that the more or less water that you add at grain steeping time will make it more or less bitter in the end?

A few weeks ago I did a hoegaarden clone that came out good but could use a little more orange flavoring. Tonight I will be brewing a Belgian white pretty close to the hoegaarden recipe and they have orange peel bitter in my kit. My question is can I just buy dried orange peel at the store and...

After I'm done fermenting I always immediately wash my fermenting buckets, but when I pull them out to use them again I have the awesome smell of the last brew. My question is 1. Is this a bad thing will it affect my latter beers? And 2. If it is bad what does everyone else use as a cleaner...

I brewed a hoegaarden white clone from Austin homebrew on 3-23-12. Last week I posted a pic and was told it was krausen and to wait a week for it to drop I opened my fermenter today and took a hydrometer reading. I am at 1.012 and the color of the beer is great. My question is when I smell it it...