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Ok so I'm on my 11th batch of beer, and every dark beer I've brewed has the exact same off taste. The on my first stout it had this off taste and i read on the forum that it just needs time to age and the flavors will settle. Well I've been having a bottle about every month over the past year...

Ok, I'm not a total noob. I have about 8 brews under my belt. Today i stepped away while i was steeping my grains. I read some other people that had done this, but my temp was 185+ and for over 5 min at least. I haven't read some one butchering it that bad yet. So do i scrap the grains and...

So I started my yeast starter last night. 2L glass beaker with a 2in opening and a foil lid. It ended up being pretty full. When I woke up this morning it had overflown and the foil lid fell off... Meaning it was expose to open air for up to 6-8 hours. Should I scrap this batch of starter to not...

3 out of my past 6 batches have been infected... In suspecting this one is too. What do you think?

Ok, so last time i posted i was overwhelmed with people giving some great advice, so I'm hoping that happens again. Still new to brewing but completely addicted! just did my first mini mash today (7th batch of beer). So here is the scenario: My second attempt at a beer was a stout. On...

Hey, so I'm on my 5th batch of beer and I brewed an IPA yesterday. My hopes were to bump up tho ABV on this batch of beer. I entered all my ingredients and info into "brew log" an iPhone app. The app said I had an estimated gravity of 1.081 which seems good. But after the boil I had an actual...