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What's odd is I've brewed awesome batches of beer without any of these similar favors with using tap water. My buddy down the street brews with tap water too and he hasn't had this problem either. Youse think it would be reoccurring(to some degree) if it was from using tap water.

Yeah that could be the dots in the neck of the bottle im seeing. I have a glass secondary fermentor though, and my stout had nothing on the top at that point and the taste/smell was just as strong. Wouldn't you think i would have seen something at the top before i had bottled it?

Thanks for the reply! Using "five star" Star San and then also started using cheap vodka in a spray bottle. Using tap water, though iv hear water (here in Hawaii) is ok for brewing. I use a stainless steel pot, which i heard is better that aluminum for preventing oxidation. I know if you use...

I forgot to add one more bit info. When I pitched my stout I used one vile of WL001. The the OG was 1.062. When I pitched my holiday ale it was only one vile again of WL, but when I opened it this one was a lot more violent when It foamed because at least a third of it shot on my shirt and...

Here is the stout bottle. White "stuff" at the top

Ok, so last time i posted i was overwhelmed with people giving some great advice, so I'm hoping that happens again. Still new to brewing but completely addicted! just did my first mini mash today (7th batch of beer). So here is the scenario: My second attempt at a beer was a stout. On...

Thanks a lot for the detailed answers. Some great info!!!

When you say "wort wasn't completely mixed" I'm not sure what that is (forgive the armature). I used a 7.5 gallon pot so didn't add any additional water. I let my wort cool and let all that nasty stuff settle to the bottom, I have to come to know/call this nasty stuff "trub". When I pour my wort...

Ahhh a great observation which is what I am guessing what happen. When I say I used "light malt extract". I say that because the homebrew supply store either sells "light, wheat, or Amber" extract. I didn't know there were multiple malt extracts like DME and LME. So like I said i am an armature...

Sorry I miss read your question, the volume was 5 gal exactly. I started with around 6 and lost some to evaporation and left the trub at the bottom

Thanks for the reply, It was 1.060, so that is 0.021 less than was was estimated. I just got my hydrometer out of the box. Does that need to be calibrated in any way?

Hey, so I'm on my 5th batch of beer and I brewed an IPA yesterday. My hopes were to bump up tho ABV on this batch of beer. I entered all my ingredients and info into "brew log" an iPhone app. The app said I had an estimated gravity of 1.081 which seems good. But after the boil I had an actual...