Beginners Advice?

[spotted_dog]

Water quality water quality water quality. Get rid of the chloramenes and get your ph right

Hey Jax! Thanks for your reply. This is something I’m beginning to realize. My latest batch last weekend was the first batch I actually started messing with the water quality. We’ll see how it turns out! Cheers!

 

[spotted_dog]

big steps for me were
1. all grain brewing
2. water conditioning/adjustment
3. electric brewing (an older grain father g30)
4. controlled fermentation temp
5. brewfather recipe building
6. kegging
7. refine your palate, learn the commercial examples which are a good reflection of style, learn how to taste (you don’t need to be a snob, just informed)

and a lot of independent reading, research and study on technique, science and theory.

Thanks for the tips rawlus! Kegging and electric brewing are things I haven’t dipped my toes into yet. My next purchase is definitely going to be a kegging setup. Just haven’t decided between buying a kegerator or building a keezer

 

[spotted_dog]

What @JaxBrewerSahti said.
The chlorine/chloramine levels vary greatly in the tap water here in STL. I could never get a handle on it, so I switched to distilled water. Biggest single improvement that I've made.
Keep us posted on your progress.
BTW, welcome from Missouri!

Hey Wally! Thanks for the warm welcome. I appreciate your feedback. As mentioned above, I just started messing with my water quality. I found a water report for my water company (who knows how accurate it is) and have used that as a baseline. I’ll give it a few batches and see but I might have to just buy water and build the water profile from there! Thanks again, hope to see you around! Cheers!

 

[Komodo]

Keep your recipes simple. Alter found recipes to make them more simple. Reduce the number of grains.

Think about making soup, if you add 15 types of additions or spices you won’t taste them. Do one or two and make them the star. Avoid all the orange chocolate peanut butter porter type recipes (my opinion).

 

[spotted_dog]

Keep your recipes simple. Alter found recipes to make them more simple. Reduce the number of grains.

Think about making soup, if you add 15 types of additions or spices you won’t taste them. Do one or two and make them the star. Avoid all the orange chocolate peanut butter porter type recipes (my opinion).

Hello Komodo! Love your profile picture! But that makes sense. I really enjoy German beers (probably my favorite) and I’ve always found their purity law, previous and current, very fascinating. Making great beers with few ingredients. I’ll keep that in mind as I continue my brewing journey. Thanks man, I’ll see ya around.