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I have made 3 different brews of the last year and after putting them on the keg they all smell bad. Taste is fine. But the smell is bad. Not overpoweringly awful just does not smell like a good beer. Only similarity to them is they are all light beers. One was an extract version of Blue...

I brewed a batch of a pale ale type beer about 7 months ago. When I bottled it 5 weeks ago and for the first couple of weeks the smell was an AMAZING grapefruit/citrus smell. Not a lot of that flavor but the smell was just fantastic. Now after a month in the bottles it is all but gone. Is...

Quick question. I am new to kegging and just finished my first keg. I have a keezer set up with temp on kegs regulated at 38 deg f. I was getting down to the last gallon on a 5 gal corny keg. I had noticed it about a week before. When the beer began to warm it took on a rather astringent...

I did my first AG brewing on Sunday the 24th. I used RO water for the boil. I was trying for a Moose Drool clone. I have a 50qt mash tun and was going for a 5 gal batch. I brought the water to 170 and poured into the Mashtun then poured in the grains and thoroughly stired. I bought a new...

Sunday I made the Grand Cru kit from Midwest. Followed the directions but my OG came out at 1.075. The kit only came w one yeast smack pack. I know I needle at least two but the LHBS wasn't open and the kit was already made so I pitched and ordered some more. Question is my second pack will be...