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I've brewed 9 batches, 5 extract and 4 BIAB. All have had some excessive level of sweetness. I could never pinpoint it but in two of the lighter ones, I'd describe it as raisin like. My pilsner is very raisin like and very sweet and a blonde ale I'd call a sweet raisin taste. Others just...

I dry hopped this about 12 hrs ago and there seems to be a whitish film in some areas. I suppose the answer is to give it some time and see what happens but I'm wondering if this looks infected. I boiled the hop bag before use and starsaned the other stuff. Handled the hop bag a lot but had...

My beers so far have turned out a little sweet. To tackle this, I'm going to mash my next batch a little cool and attempt to aerate more than usual to make sure the yeast can finish their job. To do this I plan to shake the heck out of the fermenter before pitching which I know will result in...

I've got my first lager going and am starting to think I left it in the primary too long. It's a pilsner using safelager w-34/70. It went a month in the primary at 52 degrees (long past any signs of activity) and has now been in the secondary a week and there doesn't seem to be any sediment or...

I've noticed that pretty much all threads on heat sticks seem to come with a warning about electrical safety. However no one seems to be too concerned with installing a heating element right into their kettle and firing it up. You don't typically see warnings in e-kettle threads. Is there...

I know there is a lot of discussion on how much can be boiled on a stovetop but I haven't found any direct comparison of how much a different kettle may help in ability to boil more. I have an economy 5 gal stainless kettle and on a 12,000 BTU burner I'm definitely maxed out boiling 3.5...

I've wired up an STC-1000. Seems pretty straight forward. Powers up fine, displays temps etc. I have a receptical wired only for cooling. I can hear the relay click when it hits the temp but nothing happens. No power to the cooling leads ( I checked with a meter right at the controller...

After reading lots of options for dry hoping, I decided to just toss my 2 oz of pellet hops in the 5 gallon secondary with the expectation that they'd settle. It's been 5 days now and almost all of the hop mass is still hanging strong on top of the beer. Wondering if these will settle in...

Hi! I'll be doing a 5 gallon batch of pumpkin ale which I've heard due to all the pumpkin crud and stuff should use a secondary. Not sure why it can't sit on that stuff a couple weeks, but, my only 5 gallon fermenter will be tied up with another brew at that time. Can a 5 gal batch be...