Recent content by DaveTozer

Oh, thank God!!! I was starting to feel really bad about myself, reading this thread. My motto has always been, "To make beer, you must drink beer!". That said, there have been times when I woke up the next morning and wondered whether or not I had remembered to pitch the yeast. But, change...

okay, thanks very much for the help, you've all given me some good ideas. Back to the drawing board....

Unfortunately, a dedicated fridge is out of the question for right now. I will be coming up with a decent swamp cooler setup, though. As far as the water, I've been using only store-bought spring water. I'll throw one final question out there. Is it worth...

Sorry, went away for the weekend. I'll try to answer questions as best I can. Both batches were 5 gal extract kits, a fat tire clone and a blonde ale from Midwest. Yeasts were safeale (I believe), dry. Did not do a starter. Maybe ferment temps were high, but it was never above 70 degrees in...

Thanks very much for the help, guys. Both brews fermented fast and hard, so maybe acetaldehyde? I sure hope the fermenter's not infected, because I have batch #6 in there right now. One thing's for certain, before my next brew, I'm buying some PBW and Starsan, and scrubbing the hell out of...

Any help is greatly appreciated, by the way

Hi, all. I've read all the online topics for 'ruined my beer?', almost always the answer is probably not, but I have. Two batches, back to back, in fact. Now I'm trying to trace down why. I have a sneaking suspicion it's sanitation. Fermentation looks normal (maybe a little quick), but after...