50quidsoundboy
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My first kit brew came out great. My second one is probably going down the drain if it doesn't improve over the next week. My next brew will be AG so I'd like to diagnose what went wrong before I start...I think it's down to water treatment but I'd like your opinions!
Symptoms:
Hydrometer sample from FV after three days tasted strongly of swimming pools.
Since racking, it taste less of swimming pools and more medicinal/spirit-like. Still unpleasant.
Also tastes too sweet - wondering if fermentation stalled. I used BKE instead of sugar. Gravity went from 1044 and stopped at 1014.
My guesses as to what went wrong:
I was impatient and pitched the yeast (S04) at 27C. Could this cause all the above?
The kit came free with my barrels. Perhaps it's a duffer?
My water (North London) may be full of chlorine?
I maybe overdid the sanitiser in the FV?
Anyone got any comments? The contrast between this and my lovely first brew is ridiculous. For the first one, I treated my water with CRS and gypsum but I don't really know what I'm doing in this area, although my water definitely has lots of temporary hardness. I've ordered Campden tablets, will this make any chlorine problems go away?
Thanks
Jon
Symptoms:
Hydrometer sample from FV after three days tasted strongly of swimming pools.
Since racking, it taste less of swimming pools and more medicinal/spirit-like. Still unpleasant.
Also tastes too sweet - wondering if fermentation stalled. I used BKE instead of sugar. Gravity went from 1044 and stopped at 1014.
My guesses as to what went wrong:
I was impatient and pitched the yeast (S04) at 27C. Could this cause all the above?
The kit came free with my barrels. Perhaps it's a duffer?
My water (North London) may be full of chlorine?
I maybe overdid the sanitiser in the FV?
Anyone got any comments? The contrast between this and my lovely first brew is ridiculous. For the first one, I treated my water with CRS and gypsum but I don't really know what I'm doing in this area, although my water definitely has lots of temporary hardness. I've ordered Campden tablets, will this make any chlorine problems go away?
Thanks
Jon