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Finally got one, guys. In class guy A and B are talking A: what did you have at the bar last night? B: hefeweizen A: what the hell is that? B: wheat beer A:ooohhhh you like that dark stuff huh? B: yeah. Guiness, stouts, draughts (not pronounced draft) Guy C chimes in: hey Budweiser made a wheat...

Finally got one, guys. In class guy A and B are talking A: what did you have at the bar last night? B: hefeweizen A: what the hell is that? B: wheat beer A:ooohhhh you like that dark stuff huh? B: yeah. Guiness, stouts, draughts (not pronounced like draft) Guy C chimes in: hey Budweiser made a...

Figured it out guys. I read an article saying just because its bottled or says spring doesnt mean it has no chlorine or chloromines in it. Im gonna try one more batch with all water treated with campden tabs

I have used both wlp060 and wlp001. I have used brita water and walmart spring water and I let my beers condition and carb for the usual 3 weeks

I always pitch below 80 and i keep my strip thermometer on my carboy at 65-70

I siphon fermented liquid through vinyl tubing but I dump my cooled wort through a strainer into my fermenter

Ok heres my brewday. My grains are crushed instore. I used bottled walmart spring water for my brew in a bag mash. Boil for an hour lid off. Chilled in an ice bath. All my equipment was chlorine free oxyclean washed then rinsed with distilled water then sterilized with starsan made with...

I did a brew in a bag 2.5 gallon batch with a dunk sparge and cooled in an ice bath

It was bottled spring water. I used american white labs yeast

Im back and I bring bad news. Made my 4th batch and its ruines as well. I just don't know. I didnt use my old buckets. Used starsan and spring water. Fermented at 65-70. And still a rubber taste. I really cannot figure it out.

I used a half of a 8 or 12 ounce bottle

I did this in college before I started brewing beer. I made a gallon of sugar hooch with bread yeast and added a half bottle of vanilla extract. It ended up drinkable, kinda champagne-y. Definitely different.

I do use plastic buckets for primary. And I have sanitized with bleach in those buckets. I may just get new ones and try my next brew with bottled spring water. I'm just so mad that the last two brews I made are messed up by my buckets or water when they should have turned out perfect :mad:

Also, the intensity isn't as bad as my 2nd batch. I had to dump it, it was like liquid rubber stopper. This batch tastes like there is a bandaid in my glass

Ok so I just popped the top off my 3rd and latest homebrew and I taste chlorophenols. I ruined my second batch because i tried sanitizing with bleach and didn't rinse good enough. But this time I invested in some star san so I have no idea why this batch screwed up. I used filtered brita water...