D3monic said:
I'm assuming at some point there was contamination adding to the hot garbage odor. I sanitized the hell out of everything. The metallic taste i'm sure is from cheap aluminum pot.
I feel bad it didn't turn out well since 1010 spent so much on it but I mean, it got me a lot of necessary equipment parts and interested in it so there's that I guess. I assume by summer i'll have it nailed down and a proper burner and pots.
Did I mention I enjoyed hop devil? Not any more or less than any the other IPA's i've had but it wasn't bad. I think I like crooked tree more and 3 floyds zombie dust on the top of that list... hell even alpha king the APA ranks higher.
I'm going to send you the two remaining BBS Blueberry Red Ale's or whatever the fuck they were ...
If nothing else you can use them to go through the motions ...
1010 didn't love the beer, I will never brew them as single gallons, and I'm not going to send them to JHP since 1010 didn't like them and I told JHP I'd send him a grain bag/kit for something along the lines of my Red-Eye ...