Tips To Beat HomeBrew Twang (HBW LVIII)

[Let's Brew Beer]

There's nothing more frustrating than spending an afternoon making beer just to discover it has that 'Home-Brew Twang'. Check out Jester Goldman's 2017 article 'Four Steps to Better Extract Brewing' Four Steps to Better Extract Brewing For heaps more tips and tricks check out some more helpful articles here Craft Beer & Brewing Tips To Beat HomeBrew Twang (HBW LVIII)

 

[dmtaylor]

Here's my standard guidance. It all fits onto one page for easy reference.

 

[JDW81]

Best ways to avoid it in my book are
1: Use good quality ingredients
2: Have impeccable sanitisation regimens
3: Control you temperature throughout the process
4: Good healthy yeast pitched in appropriate amounts

If you get these right with extract you're beer won't have that home-brew twang (which mine have never had as I've always used the above principles). Things like water modifications/pH etc do make a difference but not to the same extent as the above steps.