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Yea, see thats the thing...the red wasnt red...and didnt "taste red"...sooo yea, Im gonna cool my wort quicker with the chiller, stick to extract with specialty grains at the min, and perhaps try to keep the fermenter somewhere else where it can stay cooler.

Both were too bitter and also too hoppy...neither a blonde or Red has a ton of hop characteristics generally and they are both just overwhelmed by hoppy bitterness in my batches. I keep my fermenter in a guestroom closet, and our apartment keeps a steady temp of about 68 degrees...could this...

I believe the hop schedule for each were (dont remember specific hop varieties of the top of my head: 2oz boiling hops for 60 mins ~1oz finishing hops for final 15 mins Ferment temps would be ambient temps

I havent removed them...that would probably cause it, huh?! lol I had never read that this was necessary before, so never did

Fermentation temps have been steady between 66 and 69. Its possible I made hop errors, but I dont think I did...one question I did have though was, I never really read that you need to, but should my hops be in a muslin bag, or should I remove them somehow? Perhaps even racking to a Secondary...

So my first few batches of beer (brown ale, Magic Hat #9 clone, Hefe) went out without a hitch and tasted very good, at least to me. Awesome! Was so happy. My last 2 beers though, both kits I bought from my local home brew store (as were my first 3): a blonde ale and a Killians clone. I...

Hey everyone - Looking for a suggestion on a beer I could turn around and have reach a decent maturity in about 5 weeks, and one that is fairly light as the people I wanna make it for arent much into dark beers. I bottle condition and do not have a lagering setup, Any tips and/or...

Hey man just had a couple questions about the cooler you bought because I'm looking for a reasonable way to make lagers myself...what size batches are you making? I have been making 5 gallon batches in 5.5 gallon fermenting buckets, and I wouldnt think that would fit in there?

Hey everybody - new to the forum, but there seems to be quite a wealth of knowledge so thought I'd see if I can get some suggestions pointers. I made my first batch about about 6 weeks ago, a brown ale, and it has turned out better than I could have imagined! Tomorrow I'll be making my 2nd...