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[Reverend JC]

Some one touched on it earlier but no one really elaborated on it, and that is the fermentation temps. You have to remember that 70 degrees for a majority of yeasts out there is on the high side. Ideal on alot of them is about 65 degrees. If you ferment at a temp that is too high you are almost for sure to get some off flavors and i think that is why alot of people that home brew have that problem. Now, keep in mind that i have made 5 beers to date. I am a fairly new home brewer, but i have the luxury of having a house that no matter what time of year it is the basement is always about 65 to 68 degrees, since this is where my beer is fermented that is why i have not tasted the 'twang" of the home brew.

see if you can hold a ferment temp around 68 and see what happens.


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[Todd]

I'm not positive what the temps were at all times but i do know that most of the time the bath water was around 70 or below. If it got above 70 I added ice.

This fall and winter my basement will be nice and cool, does it matter if it is musty down there? We have an old dirt cellar and it is not very pretty.