I have brewed a few 5 gal batches and I am not happy with the results yet. I am not doing anything fancy for starters but I just can not get a basic brew using malt with some DME to come out "good".
I do the same process every time and I am thinking I am either missing a set or doing something wrong. I sanitize everything very well and use a spray bottle with sanitizer as needed.
1. Boil 2 1/2 gal water and let cool ( I use this to fill the fermenter to the 5 gal line.
2. put malt can in hot water to soften
3. I have a 5 gal pot so I can boil about 3 1/2 gals. I boil as much water as I can until a boil. I add the malt and DME as directed. I stir until completely dissolved and mixed in.
4. I use my wort chiller to cool my wort to 90 deg or so.
5. Add wort to fermenter and top off with the pre-boiled water to 5 gal. mark.
6. stir wort with wisk for a min or so to try to aerating it, can only do this a min or so until it bubbles too much.
7. add yeast
8. wait 2-3 weeks and bottle...
All of my brews has a yeasty taste, not a ton but enough to say the beer is not "good". Even when I started with brewing Mr. Beer all of the ales would all taste the same no matter what flavor and I would also get a yeasty taste as well.
Am I doing something wrong to not get a good beer result? should I be paying attention to some area I am not addressing currently?
Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Camp
I do the same process every time and I am thinking I am either missing a set or doing something wrong. I sanitize everything very well and use a spray bottle with sanitizer as needed.
1. Boil 2 1/2 gal water and let cool ( I use this to fill the fermenter to the 5 gal line.
2. put malt can in hot water to soften
3. I have a 5 gal pot so I can boil about 3 1/2 gals. I boil as much water as I can until a boil. I add the malt and DME as directed. I stir until completely dissolved and mixed in.
4. I use my wort chiller to cool my wort to 90 deg or so.
5. Add wort to fermenter and top off with the pre-boiled water to 5 gal. mark.
6. stir wort with wisk for a min or so to try to aerating it, can only do this a min or so until it bubbles too much.
7. add yeast
8. wait 2-3 weeks and bottle...
All of my brews has a yeasty taste, not a ton but enough to say the beer is not "good". Even when I started with brewing Mr. Beer all of the ales would all taste the same no matter what flavor and I would also get a yeasty taste as well.
Am I doing something wrong to not get a good beer result? should I be paying attention to some area I am not addressing currently?
Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Camp