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+1 on the pH being too low (as per mabrungard). An acidic taste is likely more a result of too low a pH and not too high. This is why I recommended tasting it pre-ferment. If it is acidic pre-ferment, the water is almost certainly the culprit. Locally bottled spring water will likely have...

You could also try tasting your wort before pitching. If the acidity is there before fermentation, then there is definitely an issue with your mash. If the acidity develops as it ferments, then I would look elsewhere (tho mash can't be ruled out).

I went to the grocery store today and looked good and hard at the beer selection. It was only about 15% IPAs. Mind you, it was about 70% BMC, so you do the math.

I thought that any zombies this week would be a heck of a lot older than 11.

Glad to disappoint you.

Just using you to keep the thread alive. ;) Keep 'em comin'. Thanks.

Keep it comin'.

Keep it coming.

No wonder IPAs constitute 50% of the shelves. The IPA bigots bully everyone who dares think differently.

Almost as good as the "deal with it" or "keep your dislikes to yourself" comments.

You only got half of the story. They attributed the gain to changing the rules as to what can be called a craft beer to include, amongst others, American lagers such as Yeungling which took the top spot from Sam Adams. So in fact, as a whole, IPAs are a less significant portion of the craft...

I think that craft beer has hitched its wagon to IPAs and the industry hears the winds of change coming which is why the Brewers Association has changed the rules as to what qualifies as a craft brewery. They need to include beers people will drink, such as Yeungling, to make it look like the...

I think the subtlety of a balanced beer is lost on many people, not because they're uncouth, but because stuff just stops working as well as it once did as you get older. Even though this isn't a problem on this forum, in the lay crowd there's also the completely unknowledgeable beer-drinking...

Agreed. The IPAs have worn thin on me too. I knew on the first sip of the IPA I brewed for my first batch that it was an experiment that I would not be repeating. I think it is a forgiving style that people have worryingly taken to a silly extreme. +1 in your call for more balanced beer recipes.

Yeah. +1 on the ditching Facebook. I've written some Facebook integrated login stuff in my time and I'd be happy to harvest your list of friends and likes, but I sure am not willing to let anyone have mine. I'd be glad to take a look when it is no longer a requirement.

I don't know if there is a specific reason for it, or if it is just convention, but I don't think I've ever seen mains power wiring soldered. I can think of a couple of reasons why I wouldn't want to solder it. Everything I've seen uses wire nuts, even the commercially preassembled stuff.

It is highly unlikely that you have two "blown" GFCI. Did you check to see if you have a genuine ground fault? It may be that they are actually working as designed.

That has got to lead to backyard yeast-wrangling.

It is YOUR hobby and you get to decide what makes you happy. My first brew was a kit that was given to my brother's girlfriend and her sister as a joint birthday present. My brother and I brewed it because they were too squeamish to deliberately put living organisms into something they would...

Wait, did you open 105 packets of splenda to get that?