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Thanks for the info guys. Ive brewed a blonde, bel wit, porter and IPAs, they all had it. I do use an air stone and O2 bottle. I mostly use safale 05 yeast. I usually brew 2.5g and use a whole yeast pack, so could I still be under pitching? I have let the beer age on the yeast cake for months...

Thanks for the reply ny101. I do let my beer sit on the yeast for at least 3 weeks. I will lower my freezer temp to 63 and try that. thanks

Hello With the past half-dozen brews I had really strong green apple flavors in them. I've aged them for months in the fridge, at room temperature, and even on the yeast cake for a month, but there is always green apple flavor. It never goes away. The beer ferments in a temperature...

Thanks for the info guys, I'll try stirring more and raising the sparge temp water. Anyways I got an OG of 1.070, it's and IPA.

Hello Ive brewed twice sense I got a new 8g kettle and a diy mash tun. Both times I got between 55 and 60% effciency. Ive been doing the batch method. I fill the 5g mash tun with 4.25g of water with my calculated temp and with 14lbs of grain. After an hour I drain it into kettle, and fill...

Hello From what Ive read, people save the yeast when they transfer from the primary to the secondary after a week. I dont plan on doing a secondary so will the yeast still be good after 3 weeks in the fermentor? thanks

It seems to taste ok to me. Is churning the correct term, I see about a dozen little clumps of yeast slowly raising and sinking. Its still pretty cloudy. thanks

Hello So Im new to the whole home brewing and had a couple of questions. The beer (english pale ale) has been fermenting for 13 days now and I was planning to bottle it tomorrow. I of course forgot to check the OG but two days ago I checked the FG and it was 1.010, if its still the same...