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By harsh i would say the bitter side and that slight sourness but not alcohol no. Mash temp was in the 68c -70c. This taste has been consistent with previous brews and that is why i am ruling out contamination. Maybe it is the yeast strain as all the other batches were done with the same yeast...

I am using the attached water. PH is 6.9 - 7.4. I feel like my beer is can be smoother. I feel like it leaves a harsh aftertaste. Could it be the high PH water im using ? I have also attached photo of my last brew. I tried a kolsch style with safale k97 fermented at 18c / 65f

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No i did not. I simply left it in the primary for 2 weeks which gave it that extra couple of days. It was a constant 62-64 F in my garage

Hi, I brewed a kolsch style using pilsner, vienna malt and k97 yeast. Temp 17-18 degress celcius for 14 days in primary. When i had a sample during fermentation it tasted nice and sweet but the smell..... oh god. I bottled anyway. I was impatient and opened one bottle just after 10 days of...

Yesterday was the brewday. When I opened the packet i was like .... woooww ok the aroma is still there 😄 . So 2 months old sealed hops at RT is ok to use haha

Most probably you have Maltese blood 🙂 I am from Malta and Galea is a maltese surname with roots from south Italy 😉

Are you a Galea ? Where are you from ? 😄

I think this would be the safest bet ! For next time i ll simply freeze them as many suggest. Thanks everyone for your input 🙂

Nitrogen, temp 70, saaz.

Hi, I have an unopened sealed pellet hop bag of 30g. It has been 2 months in the drawer at room temp. Should i use it or not ? Regards, Jamie

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Valid points which would help me out next time. I measured the preboil gravity at mash temp which was 65C. I do not understand the term "correct reading for acutal temp" what do you mean please ? @doug293cz

From the research done and your replies, i would say increase water if im keeping the same heat to boil and most of all the grain mill, it definetly needs to be finer.

Hi I did my first BIAB. My recipe was 3kg Wheat / 1.5kg pilsner. I did a full volume mash. 27 ltrs volume for mash. After 60min I removed bag and checked gravity. It was low 1.023 with a volume of 22ltrs. I went on to boil for 60mins added hops is 40g in total. I did not crush my grain finely...

Thank you all for your input guys. I'll stick to extract brewing and introduce partial mash for speciality grains for now. As for the bag i ll go for a big one, i think it is always better to have a bigger size rather than smaller.

My Kettle is 35ltr in volume, height 36cm, diameter 36cm. I am planning to start experimenting with partial mash but then would like to go to AG. I generally do 23ltrs batches. Is the kettle good enough if I had to switch to AG? And what Bag size would you recommend will work for both partial...

My 3rd brew. A hefe brewed in Malta. I take a cooler bag along with pint glasses and enjoy my brew by the sea with my wife :)

But would a no boil convert the alpha acids ?

Thanks, Very helpful ! :)