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Believe me I know how ridiculous it sounds. With each batch I've figured it couldn't possibly happen again. I've spent HOURS AND HOURS learning to do this and do it right. I've never brewed with anyone but there are so many people on this board who haven't either and they're making good...

I'm the king of long posts. here goes: It's sort of a chemical taste with a bit of coriander. Weird I know but that's all I can describe. The astringent description is probably applicable as it's just not a flavor you want in your mouth. No matter the recipe, there is NO, I mean NO...

BigB definitely using the OxyFree with multiple rinses.

Technically yes, using plastic Better Bottles. With that said, there are so many using them that I've kind of discounted that as an issue.

That's the problem. No clubs local. No LHBS hard to find someone to drive an hour and half to brew with me. All supplies and info from books and web. Will use Distilled water next time. I called the water dept. for a report couldn't get any good info on what's in the water. Did you find...

here's where I was 8 months ago after about 5-6 brews (only one was good): https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/need-experienced-brewer-taste-my-beer-155611/ I know this is super long but read on if you can. Got some good responses back then. Implemented many changes. Better Bottle, strict...

Brewing my first Kolsch tomorrow. Just made a starter. Can I keep this starter at 75 which is the ambient temp in my house as long as I decant the beer before pitching? I can either keep it cooler and not use the stir plate or ferment at room temp on the stir plate. I think I should use...

Used washed WL Burton Ale approx. 3 months old. 1.5L starter. Was going to trash the starter due to some STRONG cider smells. Had to go out of town for a week. Forgot about starter. When I came home smelled like beer, tasted like beer so I pitched it. ESB extract kit. Had a 36 hour lag...

Made my first washed yeast starter 2 days ago. White Labs Burton Ale collected about 3 months ago. I use a stir plate. I've made two starters before from WL vials and they went smooth and beer turned out good. This washed yeast took a while to get going, had no krausen, but got very cloudy...

Finally sampled some Hoegaarden last night and a resounding Yes is the answer. My wit is way more similar in style to this than the others I mentioned. It really showed me how much I have to learn about the different styles of beer Thanks to this thread and the help I've gotten here I now...

Then obviously something is off with my brew. This beer is NOT at all enjoyable at this point. Not too promising with my past experience when this flavor is present. Maybe got a house bug or something. Going to switch to Iodophor for next batch. I just realized how hilarious this must have...

Thanks for the info and the link guys: Yes the directions called for a 10 minute boil. And it was powder not crushed. As I'm typing I just realized that i really don't know how much i put in:mad:. I added what Midwest sent in the packet. Considering they've sent the wrong hops for my...

I've brewed two wheat kits from midwest both with dried orange and coriander (1/2 oz) Bottle conditioning the second one now as a matter of fact, a Belgian Wit. Bottom line: They've both tasted like crap. I thought maybe I don't know what it's supposed to taste like but comparing it to Blue...

A non-traditional look but at this price for this size in stainless, is this a good option for a full boil kettle: ebay boil kettle

I made my first starter in 2L flask on stove. Had some baby gas drops (simethicone) in the medicine cabinet. Read it's a good fermcap substitute. used it for foam control. They were expired but I didn't think that would matter. I guess it does. It had no effect but i put it in after the...

Cool. Some good feedback, tips, and advice. Thanks for the help to all.

There are scratches, mostly light surface but one scratch on the bottom is pretty obvious. Probably not the culprit as discussed above but I've spent too much time anxiously waiting on beer that ended up turning out bad. I'm a bit hesitant to lose a batch in the interest of keeping a $12...

It is expensive but it does work well and I think it is worth it, keeping in mind of course that I'm a total noob with a poor brewing record to date. Don't know what my opinion counts for! It makes hydrometer samples and racking to secondary or bottling bucket really easy and seemingly much...

I should have mentioned on the sampling thing that I have a simple-flo adapter on this better bottle so I'm not opening a bucket or exposing the beer to any oxygen. It makes my hydro reading and taste samples pretty easy. I did not throw the bucket away but I was concerned that if I happened...

For anyone who can take time to read my saga below, it's more a post about my renewed excitement about brewing but it does eventually lead to a question. As i've posted before, i had a great first run at homebrewing then it went to hell in a handbasket. My next 4 batches tasted like total...