Braumeiater: first batch: weak tasting ?

[Ijerry]

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[donnchadhc]

They do that to prime the fermented wort for carbonation. It's the old German way of doing it (is it called Krausening?). Much easier to just use sugar to prime to be honest. If the container with the frozen wort is not sterile or air tight that could be a potential area where this problem arose.

[Ijerry]

What about boiling the hardness from the water ?


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[Ijerry]

Looks like I can make Hugh improvements on next batch


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[DEMPSEY]

You can get a salifert carbonate test kit used for testing fish tank water.http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1311.R4.TR8.TRC1.A0.H1.Xsalifert&_nkw=salifert+test+kit&_sacat=0&_from=R40
they are handy for testing how much Caco3 is in your water. After that you can treat your water to adjust it to suit the type of beer you are going to brew.

[Will_D]

This is drifting way OT.

Water carbonate levels are NOT responsible for the original problem description.

The answer lies in the MASH

[donnchadhc]

Sourness, surely that's a fermentation issue?

[DEMPSEY]

And if he brought tannins over from the mash with crappy water they will also be sour. We don't know what sour he is describing.

[donnchadhc]

Oh and Jerry, don't worry about the conversation, this is just beer geeks doing what we do best 😃

(Talking shit 😉 )

[Ciderhead]

Sourness, surely that's a fermentation issue?

+1

[Ijerry]

I guess brew days are week end days ... Do you guys have a schedule ?


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[DEMPSEY]

We had a brew day up here in Lucan a few weeks ago and another will be coming up soon.

[Ijerry]

Ph meter what do you guys recommend ?


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[Ijerry]

How often are the brew days


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[DEMPSEY]

Keep an eye on the local clubs listings. you have http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/board,20.0.html and http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/board,18.0.html. And if you want to head up to Dublin on usually a Sunday http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/board,16.0.html.