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Dland, My first thought is it is tannins. Thats why I was suspecting oversparging. But that couldnt be the case with BIAB. My mash temp was one of the few things I hit with regularity back then. I didnt have any notes on my crush so that is a loose end I will tie up next time I brew with it. I...

CodeSection after reviewing my notes I found that there were several differences in my GW brews with different results. This may be why I am leaning toward my process not the grain. I did 5 brews with 2 different GW base malts. 1. Used GW american pale as most of the grain bill with a little...

I have done several beers with great western 2 row. I also have experienced the husky taste. At first I chocked it up to possible oversparging but now I am not so sure. I did a blonde ale that was equal amounts of briess/gw and it was still there slightly on the back end. Note sure if its crush...

Havent tried their yeast yet. Please share your results.

Sounds like you are on the right track. Keep going making good beer. Sweating the numbers is for guys that compete. Keep it up and it will come with experience.

Taste it. If its drinkable I would get it off the yeast and let it sit for another week or two. If no pellicle grows on top recheck gravity and package it. Cold store for a few days and taste it again. IME cysers improve with age, and are more forgiving than beer when it comes to aeration..

Bought my thermobarrel last year. Love mine too. I put a blickman auto sparge on my top port. Really improved my sparging.

Don't have that exact burner, but IME blue flame with tiny yellow tip. Increase gas again, adjust air for same flame. Repeat until you like how high it is. Once you learn your burner performance you can better judge by how it sounds.

Looks similar to the cereal killer I bought which works fine for me.

Only way to be sure is to do another starter and see if it has off flavors or grows a pellicle

The problems I have had is during fermentation. I top up air locks every other day this time of year. Leave some starsan out and you will catch alot of them.

+1 on Spike kettles!

I bought one like this, cleaned it up Works great. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bench-Capper-Made-in-USA-Beer-Bottle-Soda-Cap-Capping-Wine-Bottle-Cork/222939536013?hash=item33e83b5a8d:g:UEYAAOSwcTRa3Nyt

That is in the menu for temp set. Your "S" button may be sticking.

Did it fail a taste test having an obvious flaw?

I use acid malt in my mash and 88% lactic acid in my sparge water. Every system is different. Get a brewing water calculator and that will get you started

Im with redtab78. I bit the bullet and bought the chapman thermobarrel. I put an auto sparge on it and wish I had done it alot sooner

Without knowing your process, BIAB, no sparge, batch sparge etc its hard to know exactly what went wrong. Your OG was too high, meaning you had more sugars in solution than expected. Chances are you had a water volume mistake, boil off more than calculated, not enough sparge water etc. Once you...

Is this an extract kit brew? Is your final gravity higher than expected? Adding water will lower the gravity.

It really depends on the maltster. Great Western has a 2 row pale malt and a 2 row malt that are definetly different.