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Brewing now and have it dialed in at 152... converted cooler of course ,,rookie style:)

Just checked my gravity after two weeks ferm.....1020. :smack: I was so paranoid about maintaining my mash temp that I way over shot it. Brew in my garage in NH and was a chilly day.... This was a mosaic ipa... tastes OK after testing but nothing like it is supposed to taste like I am...

Thanks a ton. Yea I think these two batches are septic system bound will reclaim the bottles... Need a kegerator for sure. Avoid the sugar and 50 vessel variables. I'm up in the Holderness area

Sorry that's taste it sooner not text.....

Paperairplane. I was topping off in the ferm, just bought a new bigger kettle, bottled 4-5 weeks. Starsan is sanitizer of choice. Going to do full boil next time for sure. Wish I could text it sooner than 6 weeks out. Now I have grown very impatient:) This is good for me ...

Thanks for all the replies. Yea I agree, nee dot cool my jets and brew another extract..... Just pieced together my all grain equipment:-) of course thinking all was good with my first two. RO /DI water it is. If doing extract should I add anything to the water or just pour and go? I...

moving to all grain next..... that should really mess with my head. Might try another extract with RO water and go from there.

1st beer amber ale extract from northern brewer. Carbed with corn sugar. bottle conditioned for a month. Interesting. The 12 oz bottles have little to no head retention and sort of "sharp" like carb sense on the palate. The 22 oz bottles huge head with much more retention noted. Each...

Thanks all... Temps were mid 60s , 67 usually I believe No head retention either. Holy cow kick in the butt for sure.. I will try and change water.. I live in NH, have a filtration system, artesian well. I did just buy a new kettle had not used it yet tho. I bit nervous about going...

Rookie here, Just tasted my dead ringer extract.... sort of alcohol tasting, phenol type taste to it... almost tin metal like, metallic like taste?? The taste sort of stays with you a bit. used wyeast ale yeast and used a starter The previous amber ale that came with kit was similar...

RO ? is that reverse osmosis?

we use a granular activated carbon system

OK thank you so much, we are on well water and do run a whole house filtration system.. taste great even the unfiltered water. we put one in 10yrs ago due to radon levels here in NH. Gotta love the granite state. Ok will brew away. How about correcting for PH? I did pick up a PH...

Good afternoon. As i move to all grain brewing I have a few questions. I have read about the importance of water chemistry, PH and correcting for a particular beer style. As I begin is it vital that I have a water report first? I am on a well and need to send a sample out. Is...

Looks like this after 3 hrs in fridge Same deal? Top two layers yeast? Thanks again G

The layer above the green layer has yeast in it?

Looks like this after 3 hrs in fridge Same deal? Top two layers yeast? Thanks again G

Looks like this after 3 hrs in fridge Same deal? Top two layers yeast? Thanks again G

Sorry about the sideways picture. The top of my container is on the left with the foil. Sorry about that G

Hey all. Can someone help me identify the layers in this pic ? I am attempting to salvage a yeast sample from my recent brew. I am confused regarding what substance is the suspended yeast