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homebrew for any brew that you do
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A brew can be anything, really.
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which hops? you can taste the mash, tea, and hops pre fermentation to get an idea of how bitter it became. a lot can happen during fermentation and bottling to change it but it does give a good idea of where you're at.
Styrian Savinjski Golding, which I used both for bittering and aroma. I do already always taste the chilled wort post-boil after measuring the OG, mostly out of curiosity moreso since I don't really yet have a clear grasp of what that might say about how the beer turns out. Interesting tip to taste the ingredients after taking them out. Although I only have one hop bag that I added all of the hops and tea into at different times, not sure if that complicates it (I used to not even have the one, but I figured it'd make siphoning, cleaning etc. easier). Would the "trash" (used mash, hops etc.) being bitter indicate that the beer will also be bitter or is it inversely related?
If it's not bitter at all then the mash will be overly sweet and starchy. I would drink the gravity measurement sample rather than pour it back in.
I don't drink the whole sample because it tastes so bad. But I don't pour it back in either to minimise risk of contamination.