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So the results are in. SWMBO brews better beer than I. Granted she used my technique and I guided her the entire time. She has the best home brew to date out of us. Haha. I am not even mad though. Her red ale is delicious and I get my fair share of it! :mug:

I strain post boil. It does three things: makes my beer super clear, I get more beer due to less trub, and it does an amazing job of aerating the wort. All great things. : D

I feel betrayed.

+1 fermentation control. Ive started doing rudimentary control using ice and just saw a HUGE difference in the quality.

My suggestion here: Filter before you add your yeast prior to fermentation. I have started running my wort through a strainer and it greatly reduces trub. Additionally, use irish moss. It will help clear your beer and doesn't modify flavor. This should help get a nice yeast layer at the bottom...

Yeah, I guess I should have specified. I am talking more about the hop flavor. So I should get going on it soon then. Maybe another week or two and then really have at them.:mug:

Hmmm. Okay, that makes me relax a little haha. :mug:

Brewed an IPA and after 1 week of conditioning its great. However, I don't want to drink it if it will get better. At the same time, It's not overly hoppy, if it lost any of the hop flavor, I don't think it would be nearly as good. How quickly does the hop flavor begin to fade?

Yeah. I know hop bitterness dwindles as time passes. About how much time does it take for bitterness to start dissipating?

Heeeeelllllllllll yeahh!! Wait. Actually no. I cant brew again for about a month due to moving. So these need to last but yeah. I am super stoked. The red ale was actually swmbo's first brew. I told her how to do it but she did it all. : D BUT YEAH. I'm hooked. This hobbie is here to stay.

Alright so maybe not the greatest but it's the best beer(s) I have had. These were my 3rd and fourth batches to date. A red ale and ipa. They are fantastic!! What's weird though is they have only been conditioning for 1 week. Question: should I just have at them then or still wait to put them...

About an inch.

You can take a bucket or tub or something along those lines, fill it with water, insert your carboy and switch out bottles of ice daily to maintain a low temperature. But yeah, after primary fermentation occurs, temp control becomes less* of an issue.

Yeah for sure. hmmm. thanks. I can think of a few things that may have increased my out put. None of them would have an impact on taste luckily. : ) I am sure you can imagine my shock when I had x amount of beer still in my bucket and I was already at 50 beers... haha. I didn't even have enough...

I would get new caps man. Don't want a bunch of faulty seals. A bag o caps isn't too bad. Few bucks maybe.

Got room to create a swamp cooler?

Actually, now that you mention it, I ran the wort through a strainer before topping off to clear out trub and aerate the wort. Could that be the culprit here?

Red ale. Racked and bottled a few days ago. What was weird is I got 55 beers out of a 5 gallon batch. I didn't even get all of it. I did taste it and it tasted great. Didn't seem watered down. Additionally, I know I topped it off to the 5 gallon mark before fermentation because I am anal about...

hmmm.. I might be off on this. What if you soaked the tea in a small amount of vodka long enough to sanitize it, then just dumped it all in. Unless I am mistaken, it would sanitize and even increase your ABV a bit. I am not very familiar with tea though.

Yarr. What he said. Give the hydrometer a spin too when you take it. Will help to release any c02 that may suspend it higher.