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Flavor wheel is interesting, will be using that in the future. My background is in food and I can pick out spices, sauces, etc in food.... I think that comes from repetition over the years, just can't do it yet with brew. The flavor wheel looks like an organized, systematic tool. Thanks for the...

I'm new to brewing and have an interest in learning to discern flavors of my beers. I know a good beer when I taste it, but how does one learn to taste all the different subtle flavors? In my opinion, when I buy commercial brews say Sierra Nevada, I don't taste malt. I taste hops.

Googled the issue, lots of vague info. Have a 3 week ferment gonna try it for 48 hours, condition in a keg afterwards and see what happens.

Newb question..... What is cold crashing?

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Picked up a chest freezer today for my keezer project and have a brown porter mashing as we speak.

Outta town at my sisters, 60 minute IPA it'll do.

I actually considered that, but I plan on doing competitions in the future and laying it over to tow would be a hassle. Thing weighs 2000 lbs. so I'm going with the horizontal design and with the two separate chambers and damper system I'll be able to cook at 2 different temps.

Texarkana bout an hour n a half.

Well it ain't a smoker yet. 250 gl. Gonna be a double chamber reverse flow. The idea is that I will be able to just use half of the pit when I don't need the whole thing.

Awesome! Every batch I've brewed up to now has formed a good krausen on top, this one has not.

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I hesitate to answer that question for fear of revealing the fact I'm a complete moron.

I don't have one of those. About the best I could would be a sanitized ladle. Just haven't checked it for fear of contamination.

Cooled it to 78 r so. There was foaming activity so I'm sure the yeast was active. I did read though that ur suppose to rehydrate dried yeast in plain boiled cooled water. I also forgot to add my nutrient pill to the wort. I'm wondering if I should pitch more yeast or just dump the batch.

So I made my first all grain batch of ale 4 days ago. OG 1.042 haven't checked it since (afraid of contaminating the batch) rehydrated an 11.5g packet of fermentis safale us-05 in 2 cups water boiled with 1/2 cup of dme. Cooler wort, pitched yeast and have yet to see activity. What to do?

Wiring is not an issue for me. Thanks for the great info! Found the stc and gonna go with it

Awesome see one at morebeer.com under $50 didn't know they made those

Any suggestions on a home made temp controlled fridge/freezer?

Any good threads or sites with instructions on the temp controlled fridges?