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http://www.aahrpp.org/www.aspx - totally didn't expect an actual accreditation association to exist. Gotta love google. But seriously, forums lack the crucial fact checking that a published research work has. It makes it very hard to believe that something I have never witnessed in my own...

Forums aren't legitimate reference. It's just word of mouth. Meaning no one has ever done any accredited research on "extract twang". I completely agree that old gross malt extract will male gross old tasting beer.

I've made many extract beers and have not experienced this. If you search malt extract twang, the only sources you get are forums. I don't think it exists. I think it's just a flaw caused by something else that's being blamed on the malt extract.

First off, don't get a 10 gal. Get a bigger pot. Second, how important is saving money to you? This nicer pots are..well..nicer, but cost more. A keggle will boil wort, you can put all the same doo-dads on it, but those blichmans just look stinking awesome. The ONLY complaint I have...

Old hops make beer taste like gross cheese. Really Really old hops taste like nothing. Nothing worse than a beer that tastes like velveeta.

7 lbs. of 2 row 1 oz Magnum @ 60 min. Lager Yeast

Taste it. If it's too gross to drink then dump it. Pretty simple.

I just hand my guests a glass and point them toward the taps. Problem solved. Most don't understand that the beer doesn't come out slower if you open the tap halfway, only foamier. They'll usually ask what they're doing wrong after their second failed pour.

Mexican jumping malt.

Look I'm famous! I'm the one in the red shirt and I have to agree with everyone, it's an awesome setup.

Nope, it's a goner. My first attempt at brewing was a Mr.Beer kit I found in my fathers attic. Must've been 10 years old. Needless to say the yeast were very very dead.

Any chelada style beer. Gross. I love wheats though. Don't bash wheat until you've had a kristall weiss. HUGE difference between that and a hefeweizen. I rarely buy belgians. Not that I don't like them, but I tend to drink alot when I drink and you just can't quaff pint after pint of...

Thats going on the wall in my brew room.

Welcome to HBT - TONS of great info on here. I ferment in glass carboys. I use my bucket for bottling though. Keep it around. I only made 2 prehopped batches and they turned out good. The only reason I moved on to unhopped extract is more flexibility in my brewing. Also, a warning...

Just to summarize - baby bottles cause flipper growth. I'd say try it. There's nothing in that bottle that you aren't exposed to from 20 other sources anyways.