Shampoo
Active Member
So, I spent an instructive Saturday making a lot of mistakes with my first ever kit, Bulldogs "Bad Cat".
Aside from those biggies, there was the general chaos of a newbie at work. 3 days on, I've persevered (though Im fairly sure this is going to be undrinkable). I'm also concerned that its been a bit too cold during the night recently, and there doesnt look to be a lot going on in there (despite the airlock burbling away happily).
Still, on the plus side I've got a ton of notes on what to do next time. What do you reckon, think this may still be drinkable? Shall we take bets?
- Started bringing the malt mix to boil before re-reading the instructions to see they didn't require it to go above 25 degrees.
- Found out that as a result I didn't need to try and boil the mix in a pot first and could have mixed it up in the FV.
- Accidentally used hot water from the tap instead of boiling cold water without thinking when it said to rinse out the malt mix bag.
- Neglected to crush the yeast bag up before opening and sprinkling; this resulted in a few lumps falling in.
Aside from those biggies, there was the general chaos of a newbie at work. 3 days on, I've persevered (though Im fairly sure this is going to be undrinkable). I'm also concerned that its been a bit too cold during the night recently, and there doesnt look to be a lot going on in there (despite the airlock burbling away happily).
Still, on the plus side I've got a ton of notes on what to do next time. What do you reckon, think this may still be drinkable? Shall we take bets?
if you really think its dead tho just add a bit of sugar to it to check its still alive as the bubbles will give it away :)
