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Agreed. FWIW, I did a small mash this morning to make some wort for a starter (didn't realize I had run low on DME) and used a pH strip to test. The result was about 5.3-5.4. I also bought some 5.2 stabilizer and will test whenever I get the courage to try again. I think I need to acquire some...

Thanks, JLW. I may take you up on that (though I wouldn't even think about trading until I get this problem under control). I was actually at the Weekend Brewer this morning and talked to Bob about it, and he immediately said "oversparging" but I think I might be mis-diagnosing the taste as...

OK, here's an update: I brewed Ed Wort's Haus Pale on Sunday 2/27. No water over 170 degrees touched the grain. Gravity was under by about a point, but close enough. Used US-05 and ferm temps were 65-67. Wort tasted normal pre- and post-boil. I just took a hydro reading 10 days into...

Someone else suggested using unflavored floss tied to the teaball so you can remove it before carbing and/or tapping. That's what I'm doing now. Sounds like the pressure of drawing the beer is sucking out some particles.

I picked mine up today prodigal, so I'm good, but thanks again for offering. And thanks to matt for organizing this. That was a nice stack of grain in your living room. The thought occurred to me to knock out your roommates and make off with the whole lot ;-o

I'm no audiophile but best bang for your buck would be to build your own. If that's out of the question, you should check out some of the entry level models from hsu research. I believe, but I'm not 100% sure, that HSU also built this OEM sub for Parts Express.

I don't want to hurt anybody's business but I looked into the history of the company split a little bit and I went with the machinist's product (Crankandstein), instead of the marketer (MM). The Monster Milll actually offers a bit more bang (and bling) for your buck, but I chose to support the...

Thanks for the feedback Northernlad. You've given me some renewed hope that the sparge temps are the culprit and that ending this string of bad batches is within reach ;-)

That's the plan. I hope for my wife's sake that fixes the problem because she might have me committed if it doesn't. :cross:

No scratches that I can tell. It was purchased brand new, and only used for these 4 AG batches. The plastic did warp the very first time it received hot water, so there's about a 1" lump running vertically the entire length/height of the inside. I've thought about the plastic in the tun, but it...

Appreciate the response, sjbeerman. I have used campden tablets in my last couple batches, including the most recent AG. I feel like I have evaluated every step of the process, multiple times. To the point where I'm running in circles. The corrective steps for my next batch will include using...

I don't think so. I love hops and hoppy bitterness. I do dry hop my IPAs but have yet to dry hop the beer most recently tasted. FWIW, as a kind of control I recently did do two extract batches using the exact same gear and technique (minus the mashing and sparging of course). Just tasted one...

Apologies for not responding directly to your post. I did read it. I was breaking up the sparge into 2 equal amounts based on seeing that technique suggested multiple times on these boards. But I have read that the longer your sparge takes, the more likely you are to extract tannins, and my last...

Been thinking about this all night. And nothing I am doing should be giving me such a noticeably bad result. Plugging my water test into the EZ Water Calculator gives me a near perfect mash pH, even without additions. Nevertheless, I figure if I take the following steps there should be zero...

hmmm.... sherry bitter. Could be, I guess. I need to train my taste buds better. I should clarify, when I say the results have been "undrinkable" I guess I don't mean that literally. Just not pleasant.

Will do. The pH of my mash is one of few remaining unknowns in my process. I may need to look into doing a few small batches until I can pin down the problem.

No, I just poured it into the keggle from the large pot I was using to collect the runnings. I suppose it splashed. Are you thinking hot-side aeration? For these batches, I got my grain at my LHBS. They are crushed at the shop with an older motorized crankandstein. Moving forward, I will be...

Appreciate the continued assistance and apologize for not being totally clear. The four "bad" AG batches were spread out over several months, with several great extract batches in between. By "consecutive" in my thread title, I simply meant 4 AG batches in a row have turned out bad.

I suspected the iodophor I was using early on (perhaps at too high a concentration), but no difference since moving to star san. And my sanitation practices are the same for AG and extract and like I said my extract brews have been great. I keg, not bottle, and have tracked the flavor from two...

Sorry I wasn't clear. I started off doing all grain with water from a well at a family farmhouse, thinking that would be the purest/least chlorinated free water I could get. When that gave me bad results (maybe it wasn't the water's fault, I don't know), I switched to my house tap water for the...