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You guys have me with one foot back in the window. I should have tasted it when I had it open. I sanitize my hydrometer and put it straight in the bucket. And to be honest the smell did not make my mind go immediately to "let's taste that". I was a research biochemist and would say the smell...

I have a very sour smell coming from my fermenter. This is a remake of a very successful blonde ale. I used 2 row with a bit of vienna. Cascade hops bittered to about 22 IBU. BIAB 5 gallon batch. I pitched a washed yeast from an IPA....US-05 about 3rd generation. The pitch did not smell...

Kind of like you. I made this for my first all grain. A simple 2-row and cascade fermented with s-05. I kept it at 24 IBU's as it was for taking to a byob rehearsal dinner for my sons wedding. It came in a little high at 5.9% alcohol. I will say it was good. At the rehearsal dinner I had 2...

17331.5 6 gallons blonde ale

I think one of their big problems is distribution. My beers stay in my hands and are handled very well. Commercial brewers lose control over their beer once it hits the distributors and I believe it suffers from it. I am fairly new, but my last two batches have been preferred to the normal...

This is what I do. I ferment in a bucket. After the wort is chilled I sanitize a colander and place it in the bottom of the bucket. I pour a gallon or so wort on top of it. I then use tongs to pull it out and then shove it down a few times. I repeat this at 3 gallons and then again at 5...

I am bottling today and decided to just let it ride. The only thing I did differently was to squeeze the dry hop bag a bit more with sanitized tongs. I will let you know in a few weeks how it came out.

LOL I love guarantees.

I am 10 IBU units off using the same calculator (brewers friend recipe builder) as my former batch that I loved. It also will be a bit maltier. My initial batch was nicely balanced (beginners luck) so was hoping to match it. I am sure it will still be nice beer. When trying to use the same...

My latest IPA is a remake of a good batch. I unfortunately got a lot higher efficiency form my BIAB (I am still learning my process). I added a bit of top off water. At this point I am 10 IBU units low and a bit higher in alcohol. I was hoping to make a hop tea to add at least ten and up to...

When you are looking around the car for the hops you have obviously left in the car due to the smell. They have to be cascade. Then you find the grapefruit rind that your wife left in the car.

My basement has moved to 68 degrees. I like to ferment at 60 ambient. I bought a storage tote at Wally world for 7 bucks that is 31 gallons. My ale pale sits in that and I fill it to 3/4 of the height of the wort. I then have 10 small ice packs. The type that insulin is shipped with. I...

6 gallons DIPA 14988.5 + 6 14994.5

13372.5 5 gallons of blond ale

Everybody is different. Having said that I am a new brewer and would love you to be honest with me. Here is what I would love. Call me and tell me there are off flavors in my beer and to bring a couple more over. Then we both try them together and you tell me what is wrong with it when I...

LOL They will spend hundreds of dollars discussing whether to allow a 4 dollar sale. Just like the company I used to work for.

brown ale 10154 + 5 10159

This Saturday I was planning on bottling and brewing. I have a brown ale that I will bottle and an IPA going in. The IPA is slightly higher OG and both are 5.5 gallon batches. I was going to bottle in the morning and cover the bucket til the afternoon. I was planning on hitting the cake with...

I will post mine. I was at a beerfest. Got a 2 oz pour of Lancaster Brewings Milk Stout. Now imagine my surprise when the taste was of chewing a penny. It was an immediate dump. The funny part is I was not going to even try it (too many beers to try). The only reason I got one was because...