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I leave the lid off during the boil. A couple of times, I may have put the lid on prior to it coming to a boil (just to help it get up over 212), but I always remove the lid once it gets up over the 205 range. Should I not put the lid on prior to boiling?

They have purified, distilled, and spring water at the store and I always buy the purified. I don't think the water is the issue because the Belgian Blond came out just fine (beside the cloudiness) and I used the store bought water on that one as well.

I'm actually buying 5 one gallon jugs of purified water at the store. AZ has very hard water and I didn't want it affecting the beer at all. Also - I used the Wyeast smack packs for each of these - not the dry yeast. Those give a temp range a bit higher than the dry.

I'd definitely say it doesn't taste "rancid"... and I've been very careful with sanitizing everything - so I'd say it isn't due to bacterial infection. Though I suppose that's still a possibility. Like I said, it doesn't taste bad, it just doesn't taste as expected.

HotBreakHotel - you mentioned in an earlier post that the veggie flavors often come from DMS. Forgive me... but what's DMS?

Yooper - I was really careful with cleaning everything thoroughly and sanitizing anything that came in contact with the wort. Sanitized with Iodiophor. Fermented in the range of temperatures listed for the specified yeasts - generally between 68-72 (which is tough to get down to in AZ). After...

Primary fermentation for about 10-14 days, then racked to secondary for another 14 days. Bottle conditioned for another 10-14 days.

Here are the recipes I used - they're from Northern Brewer: Blonde: Lefse Blond Extract Kit Pale: Extra Pale Ale Extract Kit Steam: California Common Extract Kit As an FYI - I'm doing a partial boil and diluting in the primary. The Steam turned out pretty dark as well.

So I'm new to homebrewing - I've brewed about 4 or 5 extract recipes and I'm having a great time. The first 3 that I've bottled and started drinking have given me mixed results. The first (a steam beer) turned out cloud. Unfortunately, people (including me) don't like the taste of it. It...

Thanks for the feedback... this helps a ton. I've been tweaking the recipe a bit based on your feedback and looking at a couple of other recipes... But I'm hoping someone can help me with the IBUs. In BeerAlchemy, it had me at about 90 IBUs, so I was confused when everyone said it would be...

I'm big into REALLY hoppy beers right now... so what better to brew than an imperial ipa. I'm new to homebrewing... and having a great time doing so. I thought I'd try my very own first recipe with this one and was hoping for a little feedback/critique. Below is the print out from Beer...