BigFloyd that is what I did. I had made a starter for my previous beer and it worked great and I didn't have DME so I decided to try this and guess what it didn't work lol.
Alright I had taken out two bottles and forgot to mark them as one of the first poured beers and the last poured beers i marked two down but now the other two. I aerated the heck out of the last few beers when bottling so I figured that is what happened I drank an aerated beer. I am now drinking...
Any thoughts to what could have caused this slightly off flavor on the finish. I made an irish red ale and when I drink it is slightly hoppier than other reds and the finish is just off like and akaline or chlorine like flavor.
Any help is appreciated
I know this beer is done and...
I went to my friends who luckily for me had Safale .05. So I pitched and within half an hour it was already bubbling up nicely. I was mistaken earlier I think I posted that I was using Safale .05 when it was Safale .04. But after reading on the .05 yeast the flavors should be very similar.
Yeah nothing is happening. I called a friend who has safale .04 i was using .05. I figure I rather save the beer than care what flavors will be imparted by a different yeast.
I set my yeast in a pot to try the re-hydrating versus starter and i put the pot on the stove on low and left for 5 minutes i would say and it was a bit hot. I quickly removed covered and let it cool then pitched it. Now its been about 17 hours since being pitched and no sign of fermentation...
My mistake the sparged grains was to be brought to 170f. After which I added the extract and brought to a boil. I did not explain myself correctly. On the 12th of March I took a reading of my sg. My OG was 1.040 on the 12th it was 1.010 on the dot and I tried it it was far better than the wort...