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My pseudo lager using Krispy has a very strong apple taste. I fermented for 20 days but it's definitely got a lot of Acetaldehyde. Luckily it's a nicer kind of green apple taste, not like rotten apples. So it's quite drinkable, but I know that can sometimes turn into rotten apple.

I got the false bottom for the Brewzilla for $25 canadian and it works great in my G30. The one issue is the ring on the top. You just have to bend it down so the grain basket fits. RoboBrew/BrewZilla Replacement Boiler False Bottom Edit: one comment says that the newer release of these no...

Just came here to say that Grainfather are such a great company for their customer service. I got my G30 back in 2018, not under any kind of warrantee, and last month the control box crapped out. I sent them some pics and a video of the problem, and they immediately send me a brand new...

A major upside of the grainfather is their customer service. Yes, they have been known to breakdown on occasion, but I had my G30 for over three years, did around a hundred brews with it, and the controller died. I sent Grainfather a video my the unit, and without any hassle they sent me a brand...

The smell isn’t so off putting that I won’t drink it, but it’s not nice. it’s just odd. I do wonder why it’s just these two and not the others.

I don’t smell it from the taps right now, however the smell has dissipated in the beer quite a bit now, a few days later, and if it is just spillage i suppose it would make sense that after a number of pints were pulled and a few days past the smell would go. Perhaps that’s all it is.

Interesting. Can Diacetyl commonly show up in this way? I haven’t heard it described this way. The yeasts were a little older. Still within their 'best before' date, so maybe it does have something to do with that. They seemed to ferment fine, and they both had a couple weeks in the carboy to...

I hadn't. I just had a look and while it's difficult to see in there, I didn't see anything out of the normal. There no molds or things growing in there. Not sure what else I'd be looking for.

All good questions. They do have the same base grain, however so do two of the other beers on tap that don't have the same smell (a stout, and a pilsner. There's also a braggot on tap that used some of the same grains, but far less). They have different yeasts, one was a wyeast (denny's fav)...

Hello, So, I've scoured the internet for explanations of off-flavours in home brew, and I have two beers on tap right now that have both developed a flavour at the same time, and I can't figure out why. Actually, its not really a flavour, but a smell, but it's hard or impossible to...

I feel like theirs has some wheat in it. Maybe a pound or two. I would try it with about 7 lbs 2-row and 2lbs wheat, and then 1lb munich and maybe a little but of Cara/crystal 10, just half or a third of a pound. I'm not sure if they use Apollo, but playing around with Citra and a mix of other...

Brewing this for a third time. It's a very nice beer. I wish that Citra hops wasn't so expensive here. I've been buying it by the pound and its still $5 per ounce here. I doubt there's any way to use a cheaper hop for bittering and still get a similar flavour though.

Yeah I’ve already purged it with C02. The reason I think it could be infected with the Brett is that I used this bung that came with a metal primary, but didn’t realize that it didn’t grip the glass of the carboy, so it wasn’t really sealed. it was loosely sitting on top and letting air in. I...

It’s true, I do like a sour / wild ale. This recipe wasn’t designed with a sour profile in mind but I think it could be quite good.

So about two weeks ago i racked this braggot into a carboy, and at that time there was no sign of a pellicle, and it tasted quite nice. The recipe is basically 50% honey, 30% 2-row, 20% rye, and some orange peel, and a small amount of centennial and cascade hops. Oh and there’s a little caramel...