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thanks for the input guys, much appreciated.. I'll have a taste and let you guys know how it goes

So I forgot/procrastinated about bottling the Summer Ale I'd been brewing. It's probably been a couple of months now and it's still sat in the FV in the corner of the dining room. The lid has never been opened, but presumably it still needs binning?

I'm new to this to, but from my very limited experience so far it's worth your while to pick up a turkey baster, trial jar, bottle brush as well. Wilko's sell them all and they have free shipping on ATM!

Gotcha on the beer bottles, my friends are kinda unreliable but fortunately I'll manage on my own ;) I'll pick up some Star San before my next brew and cross my fingers for the one that's in the FV atm

Thanks for the reassurance Maffa, I'm just a bit impatient I guess so beerhunter mentioned tap water, and I noticed someone in another thread mention anti-chlorine tablets with tap water... what's the score there, should I be using bottled?

phew, lots of helpful comments! beerhunter, yes I did and actually noticed this may have been a source of the taste problems when I drank some and noticed a chlorine taste (damn wife has me drinking filtered water normally). Is it the norm to use bottled water for brewing? midnight rider...

Was really hoping for some pointers, am I not asking the right questions? Should I consider the batch a lost cause or is it fixable?

I tried a bottle of my first brew (Wilko's Golden Lager iirc) when I put it in the garage to condition, tasted ok, but with a pretty strong harsh hit of chlorine. I put it away to condition and tried another bottle about 2-3 weeks later and still the same result. I assumed that I've messed...

guess I found the glossary then :)

Hi all, my wife bought me my first brewing kit at christmas, a Wilkinson's/Young's Lager kit which I bottled last night. I finally decided to take a look around for some more information beyond the crappy instructions on the box which led me here. Bit worried about my brew now as it now...