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My small batches are turning out well. They taste the way they're supposed to taste lately. One funny characteristic of all of them (I'm on my eighth, now) is that the suds are more like a thick, creamy foam and it takes a long time for the head to settle. And this happens regardless if I'm...

I'm making one gallon batches. After a few missteps, I've been pretty successful for the most part, but something odd happened for my latest IPA. I decided to use SafAle S-04 and pitched 3 grams of the yeast on Sunday afternoon. No bubbling on Monday morning, no worries. I came home Monday...

Hi, I'm still pretty new at this and have done four 1-gallon batches now. I don't want to graduate to 3- and 5-gallon BIAB batches until I start nailing my recipes. All seems well across my four batches (goes, IPA, Black IPA, NEIPA) except one thing, an off smell and flavor I haven't seen...

I'm making a 1 gallon APA batch from a recipe shared among friends. It calls for A LOT of hops (I don't have the recipe with me). After the boil, I used a strainer to get out much of the solids, most of which were hops, I presume. The fermentation process started fine for the first four days...

I'm brewing my second 1-gallon batch. It's an American IPA, and I'm carefully following a recipe recommended to me by other home brewers. I'm using SafAle US-05 Dry Ale Yeast and used 2 grams. Things started to go well at first, and it was happily bubbling away in the blow-off tube for the first...