Beer got that 'HOMEBREW' Taste?!? SIMPLE adjustments to PREVENT it!

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[SCROWMD]

Great video, Thank You.
Water adjustments were the biggest game changer for me.Difference is night and day. Start with RO water and its easy to do the additions. CLEAN and SANITIZE after each brew day. Stay true to STYLE ( resist the urge to get fancy). Everyone can brew great beer at home

[fdk]

I used to have a consistent but quite unpleasant off flavor in my bottled beers (I alway use tap water) which completely went away once I started using half a Campden tablet in my brewing water so I can confirm this tip.

[breebw]

Great video. From something else I use water for, some other methods: put tap water in a food safe barrel, and run a bubbler from a fish tank store. Chlorine will evaporate out in 12 hours(24 hours with no bubbler).
Then run thru filter. It helps extend filter life considerably.
Automotive stores have distilled water for filling lead Batteries, and is usually priced well.
If you are real serious, buy an EC/ppm meter. Its insurance. Sometimes your tap water is 0.3 EC which is pretty much salt mouthwash.

[johnsikking]

Great video, I’ve always found water intimidating and your video breaks it down step by step for me!

Thanks again.

[jmsfabrication]

When I started out brewing I used to use dry yeast. Switching to a good quality liquid yeast made the world of difference, and took away the "homebrew" tast!
I've made some really great beers using plain old Detroit city water from the tap.

[battlelux]

Great video. Water chemistry is something I’ve been ignoring for a while but recently bought a chlorine sediment reducer and found it helped. Now I’m keen to get my head around actually dialling in proper profiles for different styles. Thanks for this info, it’s a huge help.

[jeremyjames]

Fantastic informative vid. I've been reluctant to go back to brewing as that "tang" wastes my time. 5 stars!!!

[victoraugusto]

Thanks a lot for all informations. Cheers from Brazil 🍺

[locomike]

hi Derick thanks for a great and really informative video, liked and subcribed

[adamminer]

RO water system does a good job...basically starting from a blank slate.

[ZhuJo]

It depends on where you are living. In my place (north of Slovakia, Europe) we have absolutely fantastic water that doesn't require any changes. Our water threatment also don't use any chloramine so I'm usually good to go if I leave water to evaporate chlorine during night.
Heck, I can go to woods few kms away and grab a perfectly clean mountain water. And I know it's without any bacteria etc as my mom used to work in lab and she inspected that water.
People living in big cities and in dry areas have it harder and I fully understand that.
Look, Pilsner was made because of it's soft water and I'm not aware they use any chemistry at all to these days.

[nickraczyk]

whoa! Informative video. I’m looking to understand water profile, and you explained it very well. I’ll have to re-watch this few more times as much went over my head

[unlearningify]

I appreciate the water walkthrough for people unfamiliar with water chemistry in general, it's massively helpful for creating great beer from mediocre beer, next only to fermentation control.

I do have one small gripe, that as I continued to watch kept bothering me more and more. Cl stands for Chlorine, not Chloride. Chloride is simply a chemistry moniker to refer to a substance or molecule that includes a Chlorine Ion as one of it's bonded constituents. You're simply adding Chlorine to your water, Chloride isn't something different or special.

Seems strange that we'd go through so much trouble to remove Chlorine from a solution, using fancy filters, to only add it all back in using Calcium Chloride. This of course being under the assumption that your normal water profile doesn't have something like 200ppm Chlorine, but as far as I'm aware national regulations prevent anything over 10ppm of Chlorine.

[GREEENZO]

Great video! Anymore I just build all my profiles from scratch with RO water. That and fermentation temperature control are the two things that brought my beer from “homebrewy” to something I’m willing to serve to others lol

[adamgodofwar]

Awesome video dude! I have been playing with distilled water and changing salt and acid additions for a few brews now but my confidence in my ph meter is pretty low. I spent like $120 on a Milwaukee meter and I compare those readings to a couple other cheap ph meters I've bought and none of them match up. I had this problem with thermometers when I started brewing 3 years ago and now its ph meters! It just sucks when you don't know what's a true reading and what isn't. Confidence in any of your thermometers, or other scaled meters is a must. I use brewers friend also but on my cell phone since I don't have a computer and its a little wonky but your explanation makes me think maybe it's me that messed up some of the inputs on the app. Anyway I'm always learning and adjusting and you help alot with your information!

[johnbills]

Hey Dennis, PH measurement process question for you. I have the same meter that is feature in this (or maybe it was a different) video that you showed. The manual says it tops out at 140 degrees F as far as the substance that's measured. What temp are you measuring your mash PH at? Takes time to cool it down and I can hear the clock ticking. Or is the actual PH of your mash usually pretty close to the calculated Ph the Brewers friend tool gives you after you add whatever amendments are needed to the water, such that you usually don't have to make much of an adjustment to your mash?

[howardhudson]

Thank you for this. It has been very informative. I am curious at this point but think I am going to try my hand a brewing a gallon or so. I do have a question for you and that is. on the water. I live in Az and the water is very hard and high in chlorine. I use a Brita water filter. Is that acceptable enough for brewing. It definitely doesn't taste like I'm drinking a swimming pool. lol

[radicalkat]

Hey there. Great video!! I think monitoring pH is the next step in my home brew journey. Question. The pH meter you listed comes with calibration powders that are different in pH than the calibration solutions you link to. Will the bottled solutions (pH 7 & 4) work the same as the powders that come with the meter (pH 4, 6.86, 9.18)? Thank you!!!!

[homebrew]

I usually warm my mash and sparge water in the same vessel, if I added all the salts I needed for both at the same time will that throw my numbers off?

[mdstrobe]

I found this a little confusing. I sorta just need a water recipe that I can replicate for different styles of beers using RO water and salts - thinking about going that direction...