Recent content by Bokdem

I do always take everything I've used while brewing apart and clean it well, so that won't be it I guess. Must have felt good when you finally found out about that haha..

I will buy campden tablets immediately and start using them with my first coming brew. Unfortunately I don't have the space yet to place a refrigerator in my house yet. I do know the importance of fermenting controlled though.. thanks for the tips!

I've reading that as well. It may be the water.. http://imgur.com/MceIZse Here's the water profile, it's in Dutch but I think the measuring units being used explain enough.

I've been getting these off flavors in all my batches so far. It tastes/smells something like medicinal/band-aid/plastic. I've already read quite some about off flavors on how they occur. Some say it's the water, some the oxy-clean, etc. The strange thing what happens with my batches is, that...

Sorry, mfg?

With the recipe I've got now (85%Pilsner, 6%Caramunich, 9%Candi) the software I use tells me I'll need 3 packages of WLP500 to reach 1.56million cells/ml/P... 3 packs for 2.37gal with OG1090 is way too much, ain't it? I'm not so sure where I go wrong.

Thanks, that's great advice. Will be using the WLP500 since the fruity sweetness is welcome. Also, I haven't used this yeast before, do you know if this is a dry yeast? I've never made a starter/smackpack before. Any other advice is still more then welcome

For my next brew I'd like to brew a beer with a higher ABV. Been brewing IPA's but wanted to try this out. I'm looking for something like a Tripel/Quadrupel/Belgian Strong Ale. I hope you guys somehow understand what I'm aiming for, a Belgian Trappist beer. The recipe im thinking of: 70%...

Might give this a try. If I understand correctly, first you clean the bottles with a one-step cleaner and after that you sanitize with Star San. What exactly makes the difference off cleaning with one-step prior to Star San? It's not really clear to me. Also, I use Oxi Pro, this can replace as...

Campden tablet are made out of sulfite? If so, do you happen to know how much gram 1 tablet is?

Right after pouring the beer from commercial users in my glass, I fill the half with water and shake them vigorously. Empty them and one more time clean water rinse, upside down in the beer crate to dry, before bottling sanitize. Do you think my way of cleaning the bottles I use could cause...

I've been using tap water, it' quite clear where I live. Here the water profile, it's in Dutch but I think the measuring units being used explain enough. I don't filter the water, don't rehydrate yeast, always very careful with equipment and use oxi-pro. This is my second batch, and am...

Been brewing an IPA two times. Both of them had this simillar 'mediciny' taste on the background. I don't really like it and want to get rid of it. Ingredients: 4.5gallon, pale ale malt, caramunich 1, oat flakes, simcoe, citra, cascade, safale us-05. I'm fermenting in very small room with...

Hahaha!! Thanks again and I will update :)

I will toss in the dryhop 5 days before packaging. I will only open the fermentation bucket to add in the dryhop, not more to prevent oxidation. The misunderstanding of splitting the the FWH and 60min addition came from what you said: ' I typically FWH rather than wait until 60min boil, but...