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Nothing wrong with the last two really. I feel the first was a little light on the roasted malts (around 7%) so I've upped that, and also it was lacking a little body so upped the mash temp a degree and chucked a little more crystal and flaked barley in there.. I'm looking for a really dark head...

Anyone have much experience with RIS? I've got a second one in the fermenter but really want this one to be big and smooth. The Boris from feral got me hooked! Like to get some feedback. Plan to leave in the primary for three weeks then bottle condition for as long as possible..... Title...

You might be right. I have noticed though with a 2 stage rinse of near boiling 90ish degree water that the plastic smell of a new fermenter decreases dramatically. I should have been more clear in my original post about that. Not boiling just above 90.

The headache part of this really isn't a big deal for me it was just something that came up. The taste is what I'm interested in, as the alcohol will give me a headache for sure!!

Obviously. Three samples were left overnight. Two fermenters and glass of water. The glass sample was to make sure no bad flavours were getting in through air contact. Just to be sure.

I was trying to test wether after all my usual practices the plastic fermenters were having any taste affect on the water. I'm also going to keep doing these tests for the next couple of days to see if it gets worse as I leave beer in there for two to three weeks.. If you put beer straight in...

Also blind folded (with tea towels) and someone else pouring the samples. All glasses were marked with a random number that I came up with for each sample. Nobody was sick, hungover or on drugs. That I know of..

Yes. I had someone else move the samples around (without me in the room) after I placed them on the table - they didnt know what was what. All uniform clean glasses.

Nope. That's just what happened. Everybody independantly complained of a headache or some level of disconfort. I also had the samples and felt the same thing. I assume its not from the tap water sample or the sample left to sit over night.. It could be from drinking too much water... although we...

Okay so i've not been happy with these plastic fermenters so i did a test to see how it was affecting the taste of clean tap water. I bought a brand new HDPE plastic fermenter from grain and grape and did my usually treatment with boiling water until I could no longer smell the strong new...

Haven't been happy with dry hopping.. get an almost soapy or unpleasant perfume flavour from it that ruins the mouth feel and makes beer taste a bit sickly or under attenuated when it's not.. not sure if it's my process but all I do is boil shot glasses and a cut off paint strainer bag (to...

I think in reality the US 05 will bring it down to 1015 or even lower. They estimate 72% attenuation on the site but I believe it to more like 80%.. I am pitching two packets also. I've got a little sick of the taste of dry hopping.. think I'll make a huge hop tea toward the end of...

Hello, Anyone have any thoughts on this IPA? I'm no chilling so have decided to to a long stand of about 20-30 mins for the late hops, hoping this will give me enough bitterness. I put my cube straight in a sink of cold water so it doesn't stay hot long.. can usually pitch in two or three...

HOME BREW RECIPE: Title: The stout Brew Method: All Grain Style Name: Foreign Extra Stout Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 26 liters (ending kettle volume) Boil Size: 32 liters Boil Gravity: 1.046 Efficiency: 75% (ending kettle) No Chill: 15 minute extended hop boil time STATS: Original Gravity...