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I did think 10 days was a little too soon, but wanted to taste it before heading out of town for a week. I'll be curious how flavor changes as it continues to condition. I don't have the vocabulary to describe the off-flavors—how can I learn? Any helpful tools?

My first go at brewing was with a friend, who had some experience. We tackled a "SMaSH" clone recipe of Yellow Rose IPA and had a pretty lengthy list of things that didn't quite go as planned, from low mash temperatures to continually clogged plate chiller to under-pitching the yeast at too warm...

17 lbs of 2-row; 18 oz of cara/crystal. 1.040 (I think) pre-boil.

First batch has a 12-15 hour lag between pitching and fermentation really kicking off. Pitch rate was around 0.53M cells / mL / °P, and we had essentially no aeration. Pitched at about 80°, cooled over 5-6 hours to 70° to ferment. This batch I spun a starter up about 50 hours ahead of time and...

We had a 54% efficiency our first batch, mostly related (we think) to horrible temperature issues. This batch, we achieved 66% efficiency with the following setup and process: 1) preheated rectangular cooler fitted with bazooka screen using about a quart of so of 180° water. 2) dumped that...

Getting ready to bottle one batch and brew another today, and looking at my batch-specific costs—its sitting at about $9-12/gallon. I'd like to see if I can cut costs down some, so I have more money to spend on equipment investments to make better beer. Here's my ingredient cost breakdown for...

Saturday will be my second time brewing. Bottling our first batch (all grain IPA), and brewing a 10 gallon batch of pale ale. Our brewery improvements this weekend include doing a yeast starter (threw it on my new DIY stir plate last night), better mash with a new mash tun, better preparation...

Getting setup to do my first yeast starter for our next batch. After reading a bunch of things, I feel like I've gotten a handle on how to use a yeast calculator and how to prepare my starter. I am left wondering what I should use to cover the top of my flask. A lot of sources talk about...

First time brewing, with another guy who's done it a few times before a couple years ago. We brewed a pretty simple single malt/single hop IPA recipe with an all-grain method. Our mash efficiency was terrible (54% calculated), in part due to not having our strike temperature high enough and then...