This article was kinda depressing. I thought I was making damn good beer but according to the Germans I've been making oxidized swill. My entire system needs to be overhauled. I guess i will have to buy a few German Helles examples and see for myself what the big deal is.
Thank you all for your input. I'm not crazy about sour beers. This is my first infection after about 40 batches. I might quarantine it somewhere for a few months away from my equipment and give it a try in August. It will be something to take to the the home brewer association meeting. The thing...
I made a very good hefewiezen. I racked 1.5 gallons onto some raspberries that were frozen and simmered. I've let it sit for about 2 weeks. A white film is covering the beer. It has a sour taste but not terribly sour. I don't know if the sourness is coming from bacteria or the raspberries. I...
Thanks Guys,
I read that thread earlier. I just read this in my ongoing search.
https://beersensoryscience.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/esters/
Maybe I need to oxygenate my wort a little better. I use S-05 and S-04 the most. I ferment with an ambient temp of 68.
I have a recurring problem with a bubblegum flavor. It's not every batch.
I've tried to research this and what I read is mostly guesses and hunches.
I have my own theory that differs from most of what I read about fermentation temps and stressed yeast. I'm starting to believe it's a protein...
Hey Brewman,
I built a steam inection system and I just tested it out last night by heating a couple gallons of water to see if I had all the holes plugged so I wouldn't run into problems tomorrow during my brew day. Well, it's brewday and I am having all kinds of problems.
My main issue...
Thanks Fourstring,
I'm brewing beermunchers Cream of 3 crop tomorrow. Maybe I'll put a little black rice in it to give it a little color. If you haven't made that beer yet it's a winner. It's great for the Lite Beer drinkers of the world but still comes in at 5% ABV.
Hey FlyGuy,
I built a sims system and I just tested it out. I heated a couple gallons of water to see if I had all the holes plugged so I wouldn't run into problems tomorrow during my brew day.
It made a knocking noise and not many bubbles came out of the steam dispersing ring. I can live...
Hi Fourstring,
For months I've been thinking about brewing a beer with black rice to get the purple color. When I saw your post I was happy to see that my idea would have worked. Did you use black gluttonous rice or forbidden rice? Forbidden rice has a very slight grape flavor. The pigments in...
I just did a gravity reading after my 5 gallon batch spent 2 weeks in the primary. The OG was 1.05. My FG was 1.011. A week in the secondary might bring it down a tad. It's still sending a bubble through the tube about every minuet. The Hydro tube tasted very clean. There isn't a negative thing...
Thanks G, I wasn't too concerned about it but this is my first time using pumpkin (actually Acorn squash) and it seemed unusual. I'm expecting this to be a good batch. I tried 1st wort hopping for the first time too. Gordon Strong seemed very hip to this procedure in his book Brewing Better Beer...