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So my first brew was a mr beer kit pale ale in January. It tasted worse than anything ive had in my life. Forgot I still had a case of it from 6 months ago. Just popped one open to try before empytying to reuse bottles. Holy **** am I drinking cider? Sour apples through the roof. It legit tastes...

Brewed this finishing up some extra grains I had laying around with some galaxy hops and hop extract for the first time. Double IPA, smells great, can't wait. Using BIAB. Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Safale US-05 Batch Size (Gallons): 6 Original Gravity: 1.073 Final Gravity: ? 1.01 IBU: 65ish...

So I decided to taste a yeast starter for the first time. Cold crashed a WLP001 yeast starter with just an extra light dme. went to decant and tried. it's slightly acidic/sour. Is this how it should taste or do I have something bacterial going on here? Looks normal.

I know, another person with another infection question. It's a pliny clone been in primary for 10 days, just opened to take a first gravity reading, hit target gravity. Is this an infection, or leftover krausen/yeast?

I hear a lot about people ramping up ferm temp to clean things up. I've got a Pliny clone that calls for 2 weeks primary, followed by 2 weeks of dry hopping. (Prob only going to do 1). Haven't taken a reading but fermentation has died down and it's been 8 days. Used WLP001 and have kept it at...

In beersmith, if I add 2 oz of Galaxy hops the last 5 minutes of a boil, for my 6 gallon batch I get a total of 14.1 IBUs from that addition. If i decide to do a 30 minute steep/whirlpool at flameout with 2 oz Galaxy, it says I'll get 27 IBU's from these. So I'm a bit confused. The 5 minute...

I just moved into a house that has over $10,000 worth of equipment treating the well water. It has water radon mitigation systems (both bubble up and carbon) has a water softner, a tank for removing iron, and a reverse osmosis system....I need to get a water test/report but do you think its even...

I purchased the Johnson Controls A419 module for fermnenting in my basement. The temperature down there can swing from 55-70 this time of year. (windows, park under garage etc). I bought the Johnson thinking it could both heat and cool, but I only see one power cable to plug into. I was...

Moved from Extract to BIAB and tried to upgrade most factors in the process. Yeast starter/stir plate, Ferm chamber, Aeration system etc. Finished brewing/Chilling my 6 gallon batch, dumped into fermenter, went to Aerate. Aerator I built didn't work, FML. Also managed to spill a good portion of...

So I made a 2L starter yesterday, while I was sleeping, the tinfoil blew off, and it looks like it errupted all down the side of my flask. There was a puddle of thick white goo all around the bottom of my flask and on the workbench, which Im guessing is yeast. I was hoping to brew today, but...

Just got a new kettle and I'm pumped to start BIAB. The ball valve did not come with a hose to transfer to fermenter, so i need to pick one up. I see clear vinyl tubing at home depot etc. Is this ok? Does it need to be food grade or anything? I know plastics matter in carboys etc, don't know if...

Just got my 15 gallon megapot last night to start BIAB finally. I noticed the Thermometer probe sticks a few inches into the kettle. Is this a problem for BIAB? Anyone have any issues or am I over thinking it?

I just ordered a Wilserbrewer BIAB Bag, as well as the hop sock and hop boil bag. I'm a bit concerned about using a hop boil bag. Will it burn/melt to the pot while I'm boiling? I'm about to do a BIAB for the first time and worried about direct heat causing a problem for the hop boil bag and or...

So I'm thinking of cold crashing my pliny clone before dry hoping. Can cold crashing cause carbonation problems or make it take a lot longer due to low yeast? Will it carb faster if no cold crashing is done?

I just bought the Johnson controls digital temp controller so that I can ferment in our freezer. I know fermentation can raise wort temp above room temp, so can I put the controllers temp probe directly into the wort/carboy since I care more about that temp than the ambient temp in the freezer...

I know Northern Brewer sells it. Anybody else sell this stuff? Maybe by a different name?

So the two ipas ive brewed had a grassy taste, the zombie dust clone on here included. Used pellet hops, dry hopped for 7 days both batches. I want to make a pliny clone, which I think has 12 oz, and I'm scared of getting that grassy off flavor again. Ive had hundreds of different commercial...

So what is normal bottling volume for a five gallon recipe? I've done two now and bottling volume was under four gallons for each :( . I did rack to secondary and back to bottling bucket, losing some there.

I brewed a 5 gallon IPA for my first beer last month. The OG was 1.06. Final gravity was 1.012. I didn't correctly account for boiloff or trub loss, and bottling volume was about 4 gallons. I under pitched a single smackpack of wyeast when the wort hit 70 degrees and fermentation was a steady...

I keep reading about people cold crashing before bottling and with the amount I dry hop it sounds interesting. But isn't pulling the yeast out of suspension a bad thing right before bottling? Don't we need the yeast in order to carbonate/bottle condition?