Im about to give up now

[EROK]

What type of water are you using ? Do you have well water ? If so, high iron will give you that taste...... I know. Now I use bottled spring water only.

 

[dantheman13]

He uses bottled spring water.

 

[jonmohno]

What kind of commercial beers do you think are good or are your favorite? You can make good beer it takes practice,troubleshooting your problems, sometimes its the ingredients maybe the yeast your using.I think my beers are ok after 3 weeks then they just get really good great or pretty good- just better than the first 3,make shure you hang on to most or some of them and let them conditon for another month or two and try them out every few weeks in between.Like others are suggesting. You can figure it out,sometimes it just takes some asking questions or researching. I recommend finding out what people are saying of certain yeasts or hops or anything,although you may not agree you may find similarities or patterns with certain methods,styles ,ingredients.
Are you making your own recipes? ive found the first few i put some things together and found they were just the ok beers, but ive also made my own really good ones.Alot of times im finding that subbing ingredients in recipes that you have doesnt always work out like you planned.There are a alot of variables. Im glad i can say ive never made a butt-beer or dumper.Ok to awesome just like many commercial craft brews

 

[usfmikeb]

The best way to try and get the issue dialed in is to go to a local homebrew club meeting and bring a growler with you. Experienced tasters are quite likely to be able to tell you what might be happening.

 

[jonmohno]

Write up everything your doing,in your process also. I always do this it helps to find patterns.Maybe helping your next ones.

 

[jmf143]

If you're doing all grain you really should get a basic understanding of your brewing water. Start by reading this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/brewing-water-chemistry-primer-198460/ and hang out in the Brew Science forum. Ajdelange and mabrungard are water chemistry wizards who can answer any questions you'll have.

 

[birvine]

As you see, everyone wants to help you figure this out. Start ruling the things out one by one and sure as sure, you'll get it.

BUT, please stick with it... it really is worth it!

B

 

[charlesmartin]

some metallic tasting commercial beers i have experienced use hops that give them the metallic taste. as one post mentioned earlier, i think one of those hop varities might be willamete. the biggest example that comes to mind is red hook's long hammer ipa.

oh, and don't give up. my suggestion is to try an all amarillo ale. after two terrible batches and one somewhat drinkable one, a friend recommended i do an amarillo pale ale. i did...and i'm still getting requests for that beer.

 

[lazarus0530]

What are you sanitizing with?

I always oxiclean then steam then star Stan....I'm convinced that it's not my cleaning habits.

 

[lazarus0530]

I've had a couple of brews that tasted metallic, but thew had been conditioning for several weeks after kegging.
In both cases, I left them to condition for several more weeks, and the off flavor was completely gone.

-a.

That's what I'm hoping for myself.

 

[lazarus0530]

Do not use aluminum pots! This will add to off flavors! Use a Stainless Steel pot!

I use stainless ...but my buddy use's aluminum and his turn out fine.

 

[lazarus0530]

What kind of commercial beers do you think are good or are your favorite? You can make good beer it takes practice,troubleshooting your problems, sometimes its the ingredients maybe the yeast your using.I think my beers are ok after 3 weeks then they just get really good great or pretty good- just better than the first 3,make shure you hang on to most or some of them and let them conditon for another month or two and try them out every few weeks in between.Like others are suggesting. You can figure it out,sometimes it just takes some asking questions or researching. I recommend finding out what people are saying of certain yeasts or hops or anything,although you may not agree you may find similarities or patterns with certain methods,styles ,ingredients.
Are you making your own recipes? ive found the first few i put some things together and found they were just the ok beers, but ive also made my own really good ones.Alot of times im finding that subbing ingredients in recipes that you have doesnt always work out like you planned.There are a alot of variables. Im glad i can say ive never made a butt-beer or dumper.Ok to awesome just like many commercial craft brews

I'm a Sam Adams kind of guy.

 

[RugenBrau]

The best way to try and get the issue dialed in is to go to a local homebrew club meeting and bring a growler with you. Experienced tasters are quite likely to be able to tell you what might be happening.

+1 on that. At one point I lost 2 Batches and was ready to quit. My fermentation temperature was just to high. 8$ swamp cooler and all is well!

 

[lazarus0530]

+1 on that. At one point I lost 2 Batches and was ready to quit. My fermentation temperature was just to high. 8$ swamp cooler and all is well!

That's exactly what I'm going to do. When I find the time and when I'm not drinking.

 

[Polaris96]

Why don't you try a few grain/extract brews? They're very good and you'll lighten up your workload a bit. Try a brew with DME as your base malt and steeped specialty malts for you're colouring/malt profile characteristics.

Without worrying too much about mashing/lautering/sparging, you can concentrate on water prep and the boil. Try it and see if things improve. Wouldn't be at all surprised if they do.

 

[lazarus0530]

Why don't you try a few grain/extract brews? They're very good and you'll lighten up your workload a bit. Try a brew with DME as your base malt and steeped specialty malts for you're colouring/malt profile characteristics.

Without worrying too much about mashing/lautering/sparging, you can concentrate on water prep and the boil. Try it and see if things improve. Wouldn't be at all surprised if they do.

Will do that thanx