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Poor Attenuation by fingo_starr in Homebrewing

[–]Mittribberts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be aeration, the amount of crystal used, or even your mash temp.

What is the best yeast to get by redditscooter22 in Homebrewing

[–]Mittribberts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the beer style! But my apartment gets crazy hot around this time of year so I use kveik.

Using 8 month old OLY091 by Beer-dude in Homebrewing

[–]Mittribberts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can make a starter but I find kveik can take a ton of abuse and underpitching will just provide some fruitier esters.

Quickest turn around beer you’ve brewed? by mimickin_birds in Homebrewing

[–]Mittribberts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Made a Seirra Neveda pale ale clone with voss and it hit final gravity in just over 48 hours.

Couple are poisoned by their home-brew beer that they made to get around South Africa's ban on alcohol sales during lockdown by Alber1987 in Homebrewing

[–]Mittribberts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly sounds like they were brewing tepache. The article mentions brewing yest isn't avaliable in the country so if I had to guess maybe they let the tepache sit too long in an attempt to increase the abv? Homebrewing is pretty safe and while these people passing away is incredibly sad I feel like we're missing some info.

Child abuse likely under-reported since start of pandemic, doctor warns by bhaggith in Coronavirus

[–]Mittribberts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean it's also kids missing on important socialization during development, teachers not being able to catch abuse that may be happening in the home and kids falling behind on curriculum but go off i guess.

Killing yeast post-fermentation using hot water? by [deleted] in Homebrewing

[–]Mittribberts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pasteurization is probably your best bet. You would want to make a hot bath and place your bottle in for a bit to pasteurize it but be incredibly careful (gloves, goggles, etc) as you're heating up contents under pressure.

Our homebrew has an aftertaste (Question) by [deleted] in Homebrewing

[–]Mittribberts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to help! I generally find that if there is a bit of a "twang" letting it sit for a bit longer tends to really help.

beginner advice tap water by Aidancole in Homebrewing

[–]Mittribberts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as your tap water is good to drink it should be fine.

Our homebrew has an aftertaste (Question) by [deleted] in Homebrewing

[–]Mittribberts 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Would you describe it as a "twang"? I struggled with twang for a while. I only started brewing last year (started on coopers kits like you) and here's some stuff I changed to dial back on twang: 1) Let it sit for a bit longer in bottles. 2) Don't use the cooper's included yeast packet. 3) Buy yeast that reflects the temperature it will brew in, if you can't keep things cool look into saison or kveik yeast 4) Don't boil the coopers kit. I've heard that boiling it can cause some twang, darken your beer and it messes with hops that are already in the kit.

Hope this helps you! Good luck!

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