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  1. SledgeH

    Terrible tasting beer

    I made a Belgian Ale from an extract kit just over a year ago. My wife absolutely loves this stuff and this just so happened to be the fourth time I’ve made this particular kit. So on the 3rd of October 2012 I whipped it up, threw it in a carboy and plunked it into the basement. With the...
  2. SledgeH

    Wyeast 1214 vs 1762

    Has anyone tried the same recipe with these two strains? The Wyeast Lab website doesn't do much to differentiate these. Anyone have a more personal flavor profile for these?
  3. SledgeH

    Soapy beer...

    I am a firm believer of the long primary, but I've just had a batch that tasted soapy. Usually that off flavor is from autolysis. This was entirely my error but unfortunately, it's likely one of two mistakes I made. The first was pitching a couple of jars of saved WY1762 (3 months old, no...
  4. SledgeH

    Best tools for a Son of a Fermentation Chamber

    With all of the plans I’ve read I feel I could build one of these in the dark at this point. But I can’t seem to find any info on what the best tool to drill through polystyrene is. Will a normal drill and bit chew everything to pieces or will it make a perfect hole for the dowels? And is it...
  5. SledgeH

    Waistline management

    Despite checking the FAQs page I couldn't find any information on proper waistline management. Currently the only formula I could find was that the volume of homebrew consumed is directly proportional to the waistline gain of the individual. I did make the mistake of making three 5 gallon...
  6. SledgeH

    sulfur smell

    I've currently got two very different brews with two distinct yeast strains that are creating quite the sulfur odor. While I'm relaxed and drinking a home brew, since I've read that some yeasts produce this smell, I do have some questions. anyone know why this smell is produced? And how long...
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