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I have had other batches turn out well. I am an extract brewer. I have done a brown ale, hefeweizen, and a sweet stout that drank well. The belgium ale and amber ale were less than desirable. Ironically, after another month of waiting, I tried an amber last night and a belgium ale today, and...

Those comments are helpful. I do use tap water and it tastes fine to me. For my next brew, I will switch to star stan and use bottle/chlorine free water. This practice will eliminate my concern. Another question to this point, is how do you distinguish between the solvent like taste of...

My last two beers have had a chlorinated taste, but my prior beers did not. I am using C-brite and not rinsing the bottles prior to racking the beer. I believe that the C-brite is causing the unpalatable taste, but curious to know if there is something else that could contribute to this taste...

I recently purchased a Brewer's Best Milk Stout kit. In efforts to improve my brewing, I borrowed a larger, yet cheaper pot. I was able to steep my specialty grains, but was unable to reach a boil. Due to unforeseen, nonbrewing, problems, I was not able to finish the brewing and lost the...

I use a combination of swing top bottles, routine beer bottles, and Perrier, screw top bottles. With my swing top bottles, I will get several of the bottles to have less than optimal carbonation. The routine bottles and Perrier bottles are always carbonated well. I have tried the...