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Greetings everyone, been a while since I've beer here! Going for a nice summer American IPA. 5.5 gallon, US-05. 7lbs light DME, most of it at flame-out 6oz Crystal 60L maybe a pinch (4oz) of dextrose, although I don't know if I need it. I've never used Morebeer.com's DME before so don't...

I wish I could post a picture of this but can't figure how how... Anyway what I've got is a pound of Crosby & Baker "Crisp Crushed Crystal 60L" is what it says in large print, then right below that in smaller print, "Lovibond 130 - 170". I was under the impression that the L in 60L meant...

Sorry for the long post, maybe it should go in "drunken ramblings" but I didn't think I'd get the expert opinions there. So I'm really trying to work on my palate, and learn more about what exactly it is I do and don't like about certain beers. My brain kind of just tends to file things in the...

So I'm not completely new at this, I've done a couple all grain batches when I had more time, but this will actually be my first partial mash. My issue is time, I only have a couple hours at the end of each day and need to get this done fairly soon as I've already got the grains crushed and...

Tasting a hefeweizen tonight brewed with 2 cans of Munton's wheat LME and WLP300, and definitely getting an off taste. All the yeasty flavors came through just great, but there's a bad aftertaste right after you swallow that's hard to describe. It reminds me of a similar taste all of my old...

So I'm not really a beginner, I knew all the hazards - made a simple hefeweizen with Muntons LME and WLP300 liquid yeast (used a 1L starter and all). All my 6.5g buckets were currently occupied so I went with a 5gal bucket for a 4.5gal batch (had 2 3.3lb cans and needed to make it that size to...