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thanks for the info, all good possibilities. I use StarSan but just dilute it in tap water. I do a lot of racking and the hose smells like it. I don't think it tastes like cardboard but its been a long time since I've tasted that intentionally.

+1 Pull up a couch pillow and enjoy the show!

It always smells strong no matter what I'm brewing with; extract or AG. You really notice it after you step out for a bit and come back in. But its a good smell, like Victory hop devil.

Yes, I have switched to tap water ever since I started the small batches. I only boil it to get rid of chlorine.

fermented in 1 gallon amber glass with stopper and 3 piece airlock filled with StarSan solution. Then transferred using siphon hose from LHBS. I use the same type hose for lautering, racking after boiling, racking to secondary, and bottling. The taste is strongest after primary fermentation, but...

My homebrews often smell and taste like the rubber Fermenthaus stoppers I use. Is that a common off flavor? I should mention these beers are high gravity and brewed in 1 gallon batches. I use about a half packet of dry yeast and am very careful about sanitation. What could be causing these flavors?

LOL, especially not before breakfast! Oh wait, maybe thats just me.

Sage advice. Not to be doubted. I've been there though, dumping and all. Only a month ago. Do I regret it? Yes

resurrecting this thread cause I just tasted my first AG after conditioning in the bottle for 2 weeks and it has a rubbery taste. I've gotten the same taste from the local dive bars and always blamed it on a dirty beer line. Anybody know that funky taste I'm talking about? Maybe its just 'green'?

BigKahuna, thats interesting, what kind of beers are we talking about. Belgians, Hef's? (Im new at this)

Ha! thermometers. I'll pay 100 bucks for one that won't break.

Have you ever had problems dry-pitching this yeast? I've only used it a few times but I just threw it in there and it brought a 1.138 down to 1.044 in a week... and I barely aerated (this SG was a huge overshot but what the hell). The other batches were more reasonable and fermented out very...

I don't have a cellar, but I'd like to age some big beers, over 8% ABV. Will the beer be OK? What would be different if it was at a lower temp? What's different if they're homebrews? Also, is it ok to take a refrigerated beer and let it warm up to store?

Great, thanks! I appreciate the specifics.

the lotion in the first pic works. It took me a while before I saw it though