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Hi all, I finally bought kegging equipment to get rid of my oxidation issues with hoppy beers (thank you for the comments earlier this year). Now the problem is that I have managed to brew one APA I was very happy with. All the others have been off; too bitter, off flavors, dark color, to name...

What's next? I am trying to develop my process (learn the basics) every time and learn from the mistakes but there is still so much to learn. Assuming I have taken the following things into consideration, what is the next step? Should I focus on these and learn more detailed information first...

Yes it's 5 gallons. Good to know that there typically is more late hops, thank you! I will adjust the recipe accordingly and change some Chinook hops from the beginning to late Amarillo hops instead.

Thanks. I am planning to brew this day after tomorrow and I have us-05 in the fridge so I will probably go with it for this batch, I will look into the yeasts you mentioned though. Good to know that the recipe is not completely off. The hops in grams are: AMOUNT10 g VARIETYNorthern Brewer -...

Edited: it seems this is not going to be an APA after all but American Wheat. Hi all, I would love to hear your feedback on my recipe. There are a lot of videos about the topic but it's still quite hard to figure out if I am at right direction. I added wheat malt partly because it's what I...

Thanks. Regarding off-flavours, we had long discussions in another thread and the result was I have to buy/build at least fermentation chamber: Upgrading equipment to increase brew quality Interesting to hear that small batch had more off-flavours than bigger one.. I'll investigate that too...

Thank you for the information and tips! I use Safale's dry yeasts. I keep coming back to fermentation temperature. I think the off-flavour I find might be Isoamyl Acetate ester, not banana-like but more like nail-polish like. Not sure though.. have to buy the mini-fridge & Inkbird. Thank you all!

Thank you, I added location to my profile now. I live in Finland. PBW can be bought over here though it is relatively expensive, 18€ for 450g (i.e approximately 22 dollars per lb). I will definitely try what you suggested to replace PBW. I use star-san to sanitize.

First I thought that the odour was fading away but to be honest I'm not sure. I don't recognize the flavour either but just tasted the beer and it's awful. This beer I just brewed is Delirium Tremens clone (around 8%) I had the beer in two separate buckets. Both fermented 2 weeks, the other...

Thank you for the information! I have actually washed my brewing equipment with dishwasher though I have noticed it's not recommended - I have to buy PBW and some campden tablets then. I also decided to make room for a fermentation chamber and (hopefully) a keezer.

Thank you for the information!

Hey all, After trying to figure out reasons for off-flavours in my homebrew (my homebrew really tastes and smells like homebrew which is a shame given that I am unable to find any major process flaws except for fermentation ambient temp), I've decided to buy a mini fridge with an Inkbird to...

Thank you all for replies. Off-odours: (bread/baked roll) yeast, sugar, citrus, (raisin). Smells exactly like a drink that's done with fermentation, which consists of water, sugar, yeast (=that's used to make baked rolls or bread) and raisins. These flavours are not noticable in the beer but...

Thank you for comprehensive answer! Looks like I have to make some room for a fridge to my garage then and buy some campden tablets. Can excited yeast / too hot fermentation also cause yeasty, sugary, citrusy smells to a beer? I have noticed this smell and same off-flavour both in 5% ipa and 8%...

Hi, I've been brewing for a while and starting to get frustrated with off-flavours and smells in almost every beer I brew. In order to make brewing process more stable and hence increase the quality, which equipment would you recommend to start with? My current equipment consists of a 20L...

There’s going to be lots of bulk lager and cider + gt and aperol spritz, I am just getting comfortable with brewing so these are going to be more like ’taste samples’ :) it’s going to be 70 people total. Good point regarding laws, I’m going to have to look into that.

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Thank you for the input, I will modify the recipes as you suggested!

I just added gelatin for my two batches of ’warm lager’ (34/70) that I have cold crashed to around 4 celcius. I tried to squeeze the fermenters to get extra oxygen out as I was sealing the lid. One air lock started bubbling afterwards and the other one didn’t. What are the chances that too much...