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I'm 5 bottles into a new batch of milk stout. The first one I opened early, about 4 days after bottling and it was a little carbonated, not flat but little foam. At 7 days had another which was perfect. My third bottle at ten days was the rogue one. Foamed like crazy, lots of carbonation and...

It tastes dry and hoppy. Overall it has a nice clean taste but the hop is strong and my mouth is left feeling very dry after drinking it. I fermented it at a nice 68 degrees so that's not a problem. Boil was 60 min. Steeped grains at 160 for 60 min before boil. The only thing screwy was...

Ok, so how does it over-attenuate? Also, will it mellow over time and become less dry tasting?

It was a partial mash; My og was pretty far below what I expected. It was supposed to be about 1.056 but I measured it at 1.033. My fg was pretty low, about 1.007 but not too far off. Recipe was for 6 gal, but I think I had more which messed up the og. 6.6lb breis gold extract 3.0 lb Belgian...

What causes a dry mouth aftertaste in a beer? I made a pale ale and it was meant to be a bit hoppy. And it tastes fine but it leaves you with a dry mouth and I'm not sure why.

Murphy's stout and a pale ale I recently made.

Do you keep a journal, notebook or store them online? Looking for ideas.

I think what happens is you get the temp of your liquid down to the target. Then the box helps it hold that temp. So more ice at the beginning and less to maintain. I've found that opening it doesn't change the temp very quickly.

Once you get the temp of the liquid in the carboy down to where you want it, it's fairly easy to maintain. You might need to ice more at first

I'm swapping out my ice every 24 hours or so. With more ice and more frequent changes you could hit 60. Tonight I had to open the top for a while because it was getting down too low. I'm trying to keep it at 68 +- 1 or 2 degrees.

I just built a very simple box using foamboard I bought at lowes. The foamboard is 1 inch thick and fastened with little nails and liquid nail. I think the whole thing cost about 12 bucks and took maybe an hour to build. I have some Gatorade bottles with water that I freeze and place in there...