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Billy D's Iced Tea

Thanks to all for your valued input. It's going to be busy but would like to squeeze in a suggestion or two in between Mickey Mousing. Cheers!

Taking the tribe to Disney. Please advise best Orlando or Tampa options to imbibe properly. Thanks!

Throw a hunk of pork/beef/ chicken in a crockpot with a bbq packet and some of your cider and let it ride. A Carolina style bbq treat. A little brown sugar can bring down the ph if it has too much bite.

I'd flip it for a SIPA. 1#DME @ 60 & 6#LME @ FO.

Day drinking. The older I get the more that day drinking gains my respect. Pollute yourself during the day and get to bed at a human hour. Add proper hydration and you have a chance.

Whether its boil, hopstand or dry hopping, I just throw the pellets directly in. Eventually all just settles out, cold crash or not. Extra care transferring and you should be fine. Whole leaf hops are a different beast. Due to greater absorption you will lose wort volume and they are generally...

A full month bottle carb/conditioning and at least a week in the fridge and I'm sorry to report the winey off flavor persists. Oh well. Its still good. I guess I'll stop wining about it.

I thought maybe fusels as well but I was well within the yeast optimum specs during fermintation. All temp controlled, no spikes, no temp swings ect. Very strange. I think Im going taste another soon.

I can't be the first homebrewer in the history of beer to experience a wine like off flavor. LOL. Or maybe I am?

I brewed an 1.044 OG full boil extract pilsner. Simple recipe. It was about 5# pilsner LME/DME and a couple of Liberty hop additions. Pitched 2 packs of W34/70 dry @ 55F and fermented at 50F temp controlled for two weeks before D rest for 2 days at room temp. Lager @ 34F for 6 weeks. 5oz...

Just had my first one as well after a couple dozen batches. Didn't look as crunchy as yours but I did end up bottling. I now fully understand why everyone says "Keep cold and drink quick" because it is super overcarbed and getting worse. Tastes fine though. Curious how others may respond...

Yep. She's finally off and running. For the record it took every minute of 3 DAYS to get going.

Oh believe me, I had a pack of S-05 in my hand last night at the 48 hr mark. I called off the dogs, gave it a stir and cracked a brew. Woke up this morning to same sorry story. Doh!

Pitched a rehydrated pack of Danstar BRY-97 West Coast into a 5 gal 1.052 full boil rye pale ale extract at 68 deg. Its been 2 1/2 days without any signs of start of fermintation. I've heard stories of slow starts with this yeast but WTF! I gave it a stir at the 48hr mark and ramped up the...