Recent content by Medicman34

I brewed with bottled spring yesterday. We'll see if there's a difference. Thanks guys!

Hopefully you guys can see this. It is my water report from my city. Not a great deal of info I don't think. Keep in mind I do have a carbon filter that I use. Any suggestions here?

Yeah I do, but I was reading that they're not accurate and don't test the temp of the beer as much as they do the ambient temperature

How do I know what my temp is. I am assuming I don't open it up while it's in the fermenter to check a temp.

Thanks guys! I'm going to try the swamp cooler and the bottled water for my next brew. I also think I might be rushing through fermentation.

First off this is my first post. I want to thank everyone for their time and consideration in looking at my question. I'm fairly new to brewing. I've done 3 extract kits now and they've all had the same bitter harshness to them. I'm not sure what is going on. I'm fairly meticulous about...