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So a year or two ago I started home brew, did it for a few months (6 maybe) results were okay, drunk it fine. Got pissed fine. Stopped as I was drinking too much in fact.
The issue was, the beer wasn't the greatest, tasted average and very cloudy.
This is the method I used.
Now, obviously that process works but how can I get a clearer beer and a better tasking beer?
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Add hops
Use decent yeast
Control ferment temp
Crash cool
All those are good suggestions, temp control being the big one. I would say cooling being more important than heating, a few degrees cold = slow fermentation, a few degrees warm = yuck flavors. Many of us have our fermenter in an old fridge with a heat source in it and an STC-1000 or similar to control both the heater and fridge.
The amount of yeast they give you with a kit is pathetic, usually 5g when an 11g pack of something better would be just enough.
Add tinny bit of dissolved gelatin after Crash cool to get a super clear beer.
Also more time, my standard is 2 week ferment, 1 week cold crash with gelatin mid week. This could be condensed a bit but 1 week is pushing it.
So how cool does it need to be?
I left it in the wardrobe of my coolest room. I recall bottling watching NRL so was over winter too.
Also I wouldn't use the sugar. I'd use another can of LME.
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