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My brew buddy and I tried to brew two batches at the same time today and couldn't get the wort temp on both batches quick enough so we pitched the yeast at approximately 80-82 degrees. I was able to put mine straight in the cooler and put frozen cooler packs on it immediately. I have a glass of...

I have had three batches of "less than desirable" tasting beer and wonder what the flavor of an pale ale brewed at higher temps would taste like. I have been just sticking a glass of water beside my fermenting wort and measuring temps that way. I kept it in the 70 degree range +-2. With a 10...

Another question that may be a clue. I have my thermometer in a drinking glass full of water inside my fermentation cooler. Could my wort temp be significantly higher than the water? Maybe the flavors I'm getting are due to that rather than infection. I opened a bottle of beer I thought was...

I have 7 batches under my belt and two of those were at a brew buddy's house and those beers turned out ok. I bought an entire kit off craigslist for $25 and started brewing at home to boost my supply. Every beer I've made here has that smell/taste. I'v been using star san the last week or so...

24 hrs after dry hopping.

I've been using the powdered no rinse sanitizer that came with my kit but bought some star san last week and have been using that since. The batch I have now was brewed using the powdered and transferred to the secondary and dry hopped using star san. I soaked my paint strainer before putting my...

I have had three, possibly four, five gallon batches of beer with a progressively worsening apple/band-aid taste after bottling. I brewed them all within a few weeks of each other using tap water to top off after a 3 gallon boil. There are no real signs on top of the fermenting batches and I've...

Is there a way to tell if it has been infected while still in the secondary?

I have a batch of more than likely contaminated pale ale that is on its second week in the secondary. I'm not real excited about bottling the whole batch and sitting on it for two weeks only to find out its contaminated. (I apparently had a flaw in my brewing routine that has already...

I logged on to search this. I have 5 gallons of pale ale I just finished bottling and just stuck it in my fermetation "box" where I keep it between 68-72F. is this a good temp range for bottle conditioning or should it be warmer? I also have noticed my homebrew tastes better after a couple...

Bell's Two Hearted and New Belgium Ranger. Im just hung up on IPA's for some reason and cant seem to get back to the Pale Ale's. Kinda pisses me off since Fat Tire and SN Pale Ale used to be my standbys. I have a Two Hearted clone fermenting right now:-)

When you have found a commercial beer that you want try and brew a similar beer, what do you do to figure out the recipe? Is it just something that comes with experience of tasting and deciphering ingredients or is there a way for a new guy to duplicate a beer? My wife and I were in Charleston...

The recipe is this one: http://www.ebrew.com/amber_ales/english_india_pale_ale.htm My buddies wife broke our first hydrometer, we replaced it so if they're both off thats some bad luck. Our Arrogant Bastard clone we just brewed was targeted at 1.073 and we came in at almost exactly 1.061 with...

A buddy and I are currently fermenting our second batch of extract and seem to have been bitten by the brewing bug. I have a handful of questions regarding brewing and beer in general. 1. When we have added our specialty malts to our wort, we tie a knot in the muslin bag and toss it in. The...