Recent content by wvumountee21

I've been using Safale US-05 dry yeast. Any suggestions for something different for an IPA style beer?

Now that you mention boiling, that might be where my problem lies. I did a 60 minute boil but I wouldn't consider it a full rolling boil for the entire time. Like a noob, my pot was big enough but didn't leave much room for the liquid to boil up. So I had to reduce heat and take it off the...

That's something I didn't do is take the pot off the burner while adding the extract. I was using dry extract last time and started out adding gradually, but eventually got impatient and added more and more at a time for it to dissolve. thanks for the tips!! Additionally, I pitched they yeast...

I am terrible at describing tastes...haha...I read beer reviews sometimes and get really puzzled at the some of the descriptions people give. That's all cool and everything, but call me simple, I either like it or don't like it. That said, with my very first batch I was told to do taste...

Crap, looking back at my brew notes I kept the temp between 65-70, not 75. Not sure what I was thinking. However, that was the temp on my sticky thermometer outside my fermenter. I know the internal temp could be slightly higher. I'm thinking either way I should shoot for 60ish degrees for...

My fermentation temp has always been a steady 75 +- 2-3 degrees. Perhaps I need to go colder? It's definitely an off-flavor, perhaps "green" is the wrong word to use. However, it's always the same off-flavor. As far as scorching goes, I don't believe I did. I didn't have a burnt smell or...

Nah, I'm actually using the water that you buy in the gallon jugs. I believe I was getting the "Drinking Water" kind, as opposed to "Spring" and whatever else there was.

No matter if I use the hopped extract kits, or use my own malt/hop combinations I still seem to always yield the same result. My last batch I even let ferment an extra week (3), and let it sit in the bottles at 75ish degrees for a couple months. I made sure to sanitize everything, even letting...

No off smell, actually smells great and tastes fine too! My fermenter is actually a Mr Beer little brown keg fermenter...that's where I got my start! I looked up pictures of pellicle and it definitely didn't look like the pictures. What would you guys suggest? Go ahead and bottle, dump...

This is the Primary, and it looks white from the flash of my camera, but it's actually more of a green color. By the way...it smells great, really hoppy...I also tasted it and it tastes fine too. No sourness

Hey guys! New to this forum but have read a lot of good info. I'm bottling an IPA that I brewed 3 weeks ago, today and noticed some weird looking "stuff" floating on top. It's sort of a greenish color that I hope is just some hop residue. Take a look at the pics and let me know your opinion...