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Five Mr. Beers and five unhoped extract beers, that were all drinkable, but none of them delicious, had left me discouraged and about ready to throw in the towel. I figured that I just could not make an extract beer that didn't taste "homemade." I was not making another LME beer. Lacking all...

Suppose this guy I know (ha ha) bottled a beer on Aug. 11 at a FG of 1.013. And suppose this beer had a sour taste when tried three weeks later. If this beer still measures 1.013, is that a sign that it is not infected? It seems to have improved with age. I may let it age another month or more.

I have been brewing LME kits. I put the hops in a hop ball. Beer seems to taste fine a bottling, but three weeks later they all have a sour taste. It is not a sour milk taste-just a sour whang. The beer doesn't seem overly carbonated. It seems to get better with age. I may be over steeping...

Our oven's lowest setting is 170*F. Is that just too hot for steeping specialty grain? How about a partial mash of a pound or two of a base malt? It would sure save some thermometer watching if that temperature wouldn't ruin the beer.

I bought a used medical oxygen concentrator for an shamefully low price. Please don't ask how low, it's shameful. It works like a charm and it produces over .5L of oxygen per min. How will it work for aeration? At that rate, which is at the low end of its scale, how long would it take to...

I bought a used medical oxygen concentrator for an shamefully low price. Please don't ask how low. It works like a charm and it produces over .5L of oxygen per min. How will it work for aeration?

Beer number 9, a nut brown ale, tastes of sour green apples and has a ring around the beer level in each bottle neck. I've no real clue as to why. I'm going to get a new fermenting bucket, and I plan to use frozen distilled water this time to cool the wort. All my old plastic water jugs and...

Love this site and have lurked here several times a week since I received (yes you guessed it) a Mr. Beer a year ago Christmas. I've had a ton of questions in that period, but have always been able to do a search and get the answers. I doubt if this one has been asked. What hops are used in...