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This is why we started wine too, we both love beer but we drink a lot of wine also. So we made the jump and have a cab going now. I hope it turns out nice and we can wait that long. I'm going to hide a few bottles and let them age for a few years but as much as we like to drink I think they will...

Well I have it in the fridge now and everything looks like the last starters. I think I just scorched the DME I have not not smelled anything off. So I'm going to size up and make a 2 litter starter tomorrow. I'm going to brew on Tuesday. Im going to brew a very high gravity WIT... I know that...

So last night I made a quick starter for tomoorow. When I let the starter settle today I noticed some brown specks in the bottom of my flask. It smells fine and I walked away from the starter while it boiled last night so I'm wondering if it's scorched DME. I usally let it simmer but it was at a...

I just asked this a few weeks ago please see : https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f37/lme-dme-215417/ Now let me point out my learnings ;-) I like LME over DME and the reason why is I like to jack up my OGs. So what I have found is take the bulk of your recipe and use LME. You can dunk and dip the...

Good luck, one thing if you still have the taste make sure you stop using bleach on your brew pot and stainless spoons. I know, it's a long shot but try everything at that point. When I discovered it I went to bottled water and sans tar. Let us know how it turns out. Not to hijack or change...

I live in Oldsmar and I have noticed the same taste in my first batch. For now I have switched to bottled spring water until I can get a RO filter or some other solution. BTW what part of Tampa are you in? FishH2o :mug:

Why not use an anti foam of some sort? I have been using some in my starters and I have not seen any ill effects.

Enjoy! I grew up in Sulphur and if you can taste the earth like we do.. then you will be doing just fine.. Brew 5 gallons a week.. Us coonasses like to drink and eat so we need a few cases on reserver. :mug:

When did you really find out what RDWHAHB means??? I just brewed a Belgian double that I thought was going to taste like crap.. I live in Florida and when I was fermenting the temps were very high 70 – 73… then a cold front came in and the bottling temps were 59 – 65. So I cracked one open today...

Whats crazy is I made a starter and I took some of the wort that was 75 degrees. I took that wort put it in the flask stirred it on the stir plate and it is already fermenting. The carboy is bubbling about one bubble every 6 seconds and its only been 2 hours!!!!

Believe it or not but it taste great its just the after taste thats a little... OMG :-) BTW: OG was 1.075 I hope it mellows out a little. Thanks everyone. FishH2o

So I decided to step out of the box and I don’t think I did enough research. So I’m going to try my hand at a stout. I wanted it to have a little more ABV so I bumped up the DME. I just finished everything and I am cooling to pitching temps. However, I tasted the wort and its very bitter not a...

yes, keep it in the fridge. Is it a Wyeast slap pack or is it a white labs vial? Either way keep it in the fridge until your brew day.on your brew day set it it out so it warms up to room temp and smack it if tis a slap pack. If its a vial then just pitch it once its good and warm. I would...

So I made a nice brown ale with a starting OG of 1.082 and this starter kicked it in HIGH gear. I was very surprised on how little of a lag time I had. Also, it seems like the fermentation is a lot more violent. Yeats are bubbling through the carboy and the temp. has been hard to keep steady at...

You will be fine. I had the ice bath waiting so I turned the stove off, made sure my thermometer was sanitized, added the thermometer to the flask then transfered it to the ice bath. My only suggestion is to make sure the depth of the ice bath is less than the wort in the flask. what I'm saying...

I don't know if it's just because I used a large 2000ml container but it seems like I did not make that much in my starter. I'm about to start bottling a batch so when I finish that I will post a picture.

I hear you.. I would for sure put it in the fridge tomorrow morning and let it settle for 4 - 6 hours.. I'm brewing tomorrow afternoon. It just looks like I should have more.. well thats the problem. This is my first one so I don't know how much is really in it from just looking :-(

So it's been going for 26 hours. I'm going to brew tomorrow would it be okay to keep it on the stir plate and see if it keeps going or should I put it in the refrigerator?

Very true! I like the idea of having smaller batches with different yeast. I might go ahead and do that! Thanks for the idea. I will let you know what I decide! Thanks, FishH2o :mug:

So they are the exact same strain? I've read where some people say the WLP001 seem to have a cleaner beer. Thank you for your response :-) I will defiantly try both. I made a starter yesterday with the WLP001 yesterday I will be using first but I will let yall know what i think of both of...