Daniel82
Well-Known Member
So I have brewed three Extract kits on beer. None have turned out the way I would have liked. Some were just awful some just had a funky taste at the end and just werent good. I have been trying to isolate any problems I may have been having but am coming up short. Maybe if I explain my process someone may notice something I am doing wrong.
I order my kits from either northern brewer or midwest supplies. Living in MS I acquired a chest freezer with temp controller after my first two batches to keep the temp stable during fermentation (didnt save my last beer but was better than the others). I brew with gallons of distilled water so that should be a non-issue. I just recalibrated my temp probe and realized it was reading 8 degrees higher than it should have been (I'm hoping this is my problem). I follow instructions from the kit and also from palmers How to Brew Beer so I feel I'm steeping grains correctly and adding extract at the correct times. I need to do better at getting temps down before pitching but since my temp probe was reading high I dont feel this is a problem either. And finally I set the beer in the fermenter to do its work at the temp I choose.
I need to figure this out or I will have to consider giving up this hobby which I really have fun doing, but I am wasting money making bad beer. Please Help!
I order my kits from either northern brewer or midwest supplies. Living in MS I acquired a chest freezer with temp controller after my first two batches to keep the temp stable during fermentation (didnt save my last beer but was better than the others). I brew with gallons of distilled water so that should be a non-issue. I just recalibrated my temp probe and realized it was reading 8 degrees higher than it should have been (I'm hoping this is my problem). I follow instructions from the kit and also from palmers How to Brew Beer so I feel I'm steeping grains correctly and adding extract at the correct times. I need to do better at getting temps down before pitching but since my temp probe was reading high I dont feel this is a problem either. And finally I set the beer in the fermenter to do its work at the temp I choose.
I need to figure this out or I will have to consider giving up this hobby which I really have fun doing, but I am wasting money making bad beer. Please Help!