The one most important factor in brewing great beer? No pants, of course!
Sanitation has always been a given from my first batch on but it was doing a better job of hitting fermentation temps that really made a noticeable taste in my beers.
Aside from that, I’d say keep good notes and use fresh ingredients. I just made my first yeast starter for my first IPA and I have to say the krausen and the activity in the airlock was wayyyy more vigorous than before.
Now, my experience tells me that adding some pixie wings to the mash, then dry winging them in the keg, works the best.[/quote]
Be careful where you order your pixie wings from, I ordered a few dozen from some off the wall place and wound up with elf nads instead. Had no use for them so I fed them to the cat.
Now, my experience tells me that adding some pixie wings to the mash, then dry winging them in the keg, works the best.[/quote]
Be careful where you order your pixie wings from, I ordered a few dozen from some off the wall place and wound up with elf nads instead. Had no use for them so I fed them to the cat.[/quote]
You didn’t want to try first wort elf nadding them? 'sprolly what I woulda done.
Shoot!! never thought of that. Do you wind up with naddy lite?
Understanding and controlling fermentation temps. Hands down. You can have the most sanitary, healthiest yeast starter pitched into a perfect recipe, but if you ferment it close to 80 degrees you aren’t going to enjoy it.
thorough note taking*
+1 my friend
[quote=“S.Scoggin”]thorough note taking*[/quote]I’ve quit taking notes on paper, but I keep all my brews in Beersmith with notes.
5 oz. of whole hops DOES NOT equal 1 oz. of pellet hops. Long story, but don’t believe EVERYTHING you read on the internet. Always check and double check.
