Funny after taste to all my homebrew

[Elysium]

Hi Elysium, my boiler is only a 25l bottom off the t500 still, the AG mash if to run through a pot still, but they recommend that u don't squeeze the grain and just steep it at 64deg, so I lost 3l in 4 kg of grain, ill just adjust recipe to get a little more water, cheers

Why dont you wanna squeeze the bag? Are you afraid of tannin extraction into the wort? Tannin wont be extracted...unless you boil grains....if I am not wrong.

 

[unionrdr]

Tannin extraction is more a function of how mash water volume relates to PH.
Squeeze away,I do. I just don't try to crush them under the weight of my mighty hands...

 

[RobJ]

Next time squeeze the bag and see, it's all trial and error, just gettn sick of the error, cheers everyone, all taken on board

 

[BxBrewer]

There is a world of difference between pre hopped extract in a can and a custom kit. I'm one of the few who prefers doing extract batches over all grain. I'm going to assume your not from the US. If you couldn't find a decent HBS to go to or order from. I could see where one might go all grain as there isn't any choice.

Take a look online at the popular home brew stores. All if not most have "kits" that show the ingredients . Big difference from Coopers or Muntons in a can.
http://morebeer.com/images/file.php?file_id=919

 

[Elysium]

There is a world of difference between pre hopped extract in a can and a custom kit. I'm one of the few who prefers doing extract batches over all grain. I'm going to assume your not from the US. If you couldn't find a decent HBS to go to or order from. I could see where one might go all grain as there isn't any choice.

Take a look online at the popular home brew stores. All if not most have "kits" that show the ingredients . Big difference from Coopers or Muntons in a can.
http://morebeer.com/images/file.php?file_id=919

There is also the fact that all-grain brews are about half as cheap as extract brews (at least here in Spain).

 

[RobJ]

I'm in not bothered about the cost, what I want is perfection, or close to it, ill try a few different ways and by next year hopefully I'm therre

 

[iancl]

Sanitation, diligence with fermenting temps, yeast selection, trial and error with the same process and recipe, good notes to look back on, and patience, patience, patience.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Sanitation, diligence with fermenting temps, yeast selection, trial and error with the same process and recipe, good notes to look back on, and patience, patience, patience.

Ferm temps are key. Yeast pitch rates are important too. Fresh ingredients are definitely a plus, especially if using LME. If you pay attention to these three you will see a marked improvement in your beer. Proper conditioning time is important as well. Green beer is not as good as properly conditioned beer.

 

[RobJ]

Tried a few bottles on Saturday with a couple of the lads, the taste has gone, they've been in the bottles now for about 7-8 month so they've obviously conditioned more, going AG at the minute so I'll see how that gets on

 

[RobJ]

Ferm temps are key. Yeast pitch rates are important too. Fresh ingredients are definitely a plus, especially if using LME. If you pay attention to these three you will see a marked improvement in your beer. Proper conditioning time is important as well. Green beer is not as good as properly conditioned beer.

cheers Jon
They've conditioned for longer now like I've just said so hopefully that's all it was mate, onwards and upwards

 

[DrunkleJon]

Well done. Glad it cleaned up.