Hi all
Complete newbie here and I have potentially my 2nd spoilt brew on my hands. What am I doing so wrong!!
My first attempt was a youngs ipa kit. I thought everything went to plan but the result tasted vile. Hard to even describe but sour / off tasting Sums it up best.
It did take 4 days for fermentation to start that time so I'm guessing it got contaminated as was 2 cold early doors??
Not to be defeated I started a 'makeyourownbeer' kit from the range. This time everything started bubbling after 6 hours. I made sure the temp was spot on. Following the instructions 11 days In I would bottle. There are no more bubbles in the air lock and the gravity suggests an alcohol content of 4.6% as per the kit instructions.
Should I take notice of the taste at this stage. Again it tastes rank. Really sweet and kind of sour at the same time. No nice beer taste at all. I'm just worried I'm wasting my time bottoling if it's spoilt already.
It's been 22-21 degrees throughout. I'd really struggle to increase the temp any more than that
What do you guys think? Am I wasting my time here? Is it worth bottoling if it's rank tasting.
I don't want to be defeated. I will try again just maybe need some pointers.
Any help appreciated
Darren
Complete newbie here and I have potentially my 2nd spoilt brew on my hands. What am I doing so wrong!!
My first attempt was a youngs ipa kit. I thought everything went to plan but the result tasted vile. Hard to even describe but sour / off tasting Sums it up best.
It did take 4 days for fermentation to start that time so I'm guessing it got contaminated as was 2 cold early doors??
Not to be defeated I started a 'makeyourownbeer' kit from the range. This time everything started bubbling after 6 hours. I made sure the temp was spot on. Following the instructions 11 days In I would bottle. There are no more bubbles in the air lock and the gravity suggests an alcohol content of 4.6% as per the kit instructions.
Should I take notice of the taste at this stage. Again it tastes rank. Really sweet and kind of sour at the same time. No nice beer taste at all. I'm just worried I'm wasting my time bottoling if it's spoilt already.
It's been 22-21 degrees throughout. I'd really struggle to increase the temp any more than that
What do you guys think? Am I wasting my time here? Is it worth bottoling if it's rank tasting.
I don't want to be defeated. I will try again just maybe need some pointers.
Any help appreciated
Darren