Gentlmans Ale,
Ive just recently started home brewing again, and this was my exact mission! Get rid of that Home brew yeasty flavor! I've finished my first batch, and it was fabulous! Previously I did extract brews and didn't ever really care for my results ( this was over 10 years ago, i know extract has changed a lot, so not looking down on you guys at all! ). I have done only 4 things differently from those days and I believe they are all culprits of that nasty "homebrew" flavor. 1. Water, I buy 10 gal of glacier for $2 from the grocery store in refill bottles. 2. Wort Chiller, prevent protein build up. 3. Yeast starters, hard fast fervent fermentations. 4. And i think this is the most important, crash cooling in the fridge after fermentation is done, before bottling, 2-3 days.
Thats my 2 cents!
Lithobid
Ive just recently started home brewing again, and this was my exact mission! Get rid of that Home brew yeasty flavor! I've finished my first batch, and it was fabulous! Previously I did extract brews and didn't ever really care for my results ( this was over 10 years ago, i know extract has changed a lot, so not looking down on you guys at all! ). I have done only 4 things differently from those days and I believe they are all culprits of that nasty "homebrew" flavor. 1. Water, I buy 10 gal of glacier for $2 from the grocery store in refill bottles. 2. Wort Chiller, prevent protein build up. 3. Yeast starters, hard fast fervent fermentations. 4. And i think this is the most important, crash cooling in the fridge after fermentation is done, before bottling, 2-3 days.
Thats my 2 cents!
Lithobid