Excited to be Brewing!

[HomeBrew Esquire]

Heya all!

Four batches brewed to date. Recently converted to BIAB 3 Gallon. All batches have been lackluster.

Learning how important Mash temp, Mash PH, water and yeast management are.

Having the time of my life with this hobby.

Cheers!

 

[eric19312]

welcome to the hobby and to HBT. Sorry your initial batches were not great but you are on a very steep part of the learning/experience curve and I'd expect your beer will improve quickly.

Yeast is a good place to be focusing your attention. Yeast meaning using enough viable yeast for your batch, however you get there, while paying attention to and controlling pitching and fermentation temperatures, and perhaps wort oxygenation all combine to provide a reliable quality fermentation.

Water is right up there with yeast. At least starting out making sure you are brewing with water that is free of chlorine or cholamines and has some but not too much mineral content should get you in the right ball park. The old if it tastes good to drink it will make good beer is sort of right. At least so long as you make sure to eliminate any chlorine.

 

[HomeBrew Esquire]

Thank you very much for the tips!!

I'm hooked and definitely in this for the long haul. Nice to have a community of like-minded brewers!

 

[T Murph]

Welcome to the madness we call a hobby. A life time of enjoyment, frustration and excitement is what you have to look forward to. But a wealth of knowledge is available to you here. Happy brewing.

 

[HomeBrew Esquire]

thank you!!

 

[bracconiere]

All batches have been lackluster.

(and i've been happy for 25 years!)