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I say its a flaw with the yeast, as it is the yeast that is producing the undesirable flavor. It is not a normal ester, fusel, ketone, or phenolic flavor that is produced by healthy yeast, it is something entirely different. A flaw is a flaw whether it is brewer error or a flaw in the...

I just find the taste of safale to be off. Not saying its a product of infection, poor fermentation, staling, oxidation or anything else, I just plain dont like it. The flavors it produces are not ones I enjoy in a beer.

sounds like someone stole a keg from a party lol

typically lower alpha hops but its really a matter of taste. Go smell a bunch of different hops at the LHBS and see what you like. I like amarillo and cascade but you can use anything. Some people actually prefer the higher alpha hops for dry hopping, but its just that, a matter of preference

Great rant, couldn't agree more. I would like to add a similar situation I face at restaurants all the time that enrages me: I sit down at a nice restaurant and am handed a wine menu in addition to the regular menu. Neither have a beer list. I ask the waiter what kind of beer do you have. They...

I agree with these causing an off taste and will add using dry yeast to the list. I know a ton of people will disagree with me about this one but I can pretty much always taste safale

I was able to use my Blichmann Beergun for the first time this week and I was blown away with what an awesome product it is! It was incredibly easy to use and worked perfectly! I have a counter pressure bottle filler that I stopped using because all it did was make a big mess, waste beer...

I have never tried it myself but I thought FWH added more bitterness? I remember Jamil talking about this in a brew strong pod cast. And 1.016 is a little high for a IPA FG, but Ive had IPA's finish at 1.020 that were just fine. A little heavier bodied but still a nice hop bomb

Sounds like the definition of a "keeper" to me! :mug:

doing all grain in an apartment with an electric stove top! I have no idea how in the hell you do that. All I can say is bravo sir, bravo

They make these for growlers too. Very useful if you live close enough to a brewery that fills growlers to keep your hands free for the walk home

I guess I will be the first on this post to come out and say I am not a fan of dry yeast. Ever since I started using liquid yeast I have noticed the quality of my beers has gotten much better with regards to flavor. I also have a couple buddies who use dry yeast and their beers always have a...

I always notice kind of a funny smell from starsan once its exposed to oxygen. Whenever I buy a new (refurbished) keg I soak them in hot water and a lil pbw over night just to get it nice and clean. Not sure what would be causing the smell but I do know that star san will remove the layer of...

I have two of the camp chef burners from morebeer.com and they both work very well. I do 5gallon all grain batches with about 7 gallons pre boil volume and it gets it going in no time (couldnt say exactly but around 10-15 minutes) The only thing I dont like about them is the black powder...

The alcohol does affect the reading of your FG, what you are measuring is Apparent Attenuation, which gives you a rough but not exact measure of how much alcohol is in your beer, when compared with your OG. It doesn't tell you exactly how much alcohol is in the beer, but its pretty darn close...

Stainless is sexy :cross: would want the same if I could afford it! I couldn't say about the bayou and banjos but my camp chef gets me through 4+ 5-gallon batches no problem. Would be interesting to see how much more efficient the Blichmann is. Could be worth the extra cost by saving $ on...

this has got to be staged. way too good

Just out of curiosity, why not just buy a camp chef burner for $90? It does the same thing and is a heck of a lot cheaper. Dont get me wrong, I think blichmann makes great stuff and I love there ingenuity and creativity with their products, but its hard for me to justify paying 50% more for...

Do you use some sort of blow off when fermenting in the cornies? Seems like a good compromise between breakable glass and scratchable plastic

Probably a lot of hop gunk on there too