after the last 4 or 5 brews they all have a common off flavor. Best described as "cereal" or "grain like" I just cant places it, all have been varying styles with malts from different maltsters and different yeasts. I tried to narrow it down by doing a simple SMaSH and it still has the same...

Anyone else experiance an oil slick when using extracts, I added 4 Oz of vanilla 2 in the boil and 2 in the secondary and now after carbing each pint has a shiny oil slick on the top. Still tastes great BUT... I'd like it to do well in the compititon. As this is my first with using extracts I'm...

So I picked up wort from a brewery doing a wort share for a competition. I know what malts are in it but not amounts to scale down but I obviously know the OG so how would I add "pre mashed" Wort I tried fiddling with it under Extract but no joy and dont want to sit for hours tweaking amounts...

Hey there Im Chris (Shep) Newish to brewing, Im on batch number 5 of extracts with steeping grains but things seem to be going well. One day I'll graduate to BIAB. My last batch just finished conditioning in my new to me keezer, after 3 sesssions of bottling I could'nt take it anymore. Im in...