Recent content by lorenz

It's hard for me to explain this, but I will try my best to explain the problem. I've brewed about 5 batches of beer now. Except for a wheat beer I only made a gallon of, my beers all seem to have one pervasive flavor, despite their varied recipes. The only way I can explain the taste is to...

I'm also brewing tonight, a partial grain. Specifically, I'm making Cheesefood's Caramel Vanilla Cream Ale. My first grain of any kind, so it's all touch-and go... Can you actually reliably tell how your beer will turn out by the taste of the wort? Don't get me wrong, I love the smell, but...

This is my 7th brew, but I've never messed up like this before. Here's the recipe: 4lbs Amber Extract 2lbs Pale Extract 1lb Orange Blossom Honey 2oz Cascade Hops at T=60 1oz Cascade Hops at T=15 Munton's Active Brewing Yeast Raspberry Extract The plan was to boil the wort, minus the...