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I've been brewing for the past 8 months and I've followed the standard 2 weeks fermenting then bottling.... I've noticed from reading this forum that many people experience extremely fast fermentation times ( 1-2 days). If and when this occurs and gravity readings confirm this, is it okay to...

Are you brewing extract, BIAB, or all grain? I had the same problem with extract, but when I switched to all grain it fixed the problem... Not sure why, but could be due to more attention to detail with all grain.

The 2 beers were from Bells brewery in Michigan. I read the description and was skeptical at first. The candy flavor was not strong at all, very subtle. Amazing subtle sweet flavor with tons of hops.

All of my extract IPA's had a very similar sweet taste. Different, but all still had a familiar sweet flavor. I contribute it to the extract, but I may be wrong. Ever since I started all grain I've not had that problem. Interesting read that may help you solve some problems...

I recently had 2 different DIPA's from a local brewery and both had hints of cotton candy/gum balls. One was about 8% and the other was like 14% ABV. How could I get that flavor? Is it the hops, yeast, fermentation temp or simply adding flavoring?