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So, not sure if anyone cares but after approx 8 months i took the middle 2-3g and carbed them in a keg. Result a sour pale ale that's clear as day. Not amazing not disgusting and totally different.

but i am assuming that if it tastes fine drink it? On my other tap i have a major infection that i let sit for 8 months... i Call it fail ale.

anyone have any ideas?

I brewed a 3 gal pale ale, maris otter, and crystal, cascade hops... pretty standard. It was brewed approx 18-20 days ago. AS far as i can tell it tastes fine but has a sour smell, it seems like it attracts a few fruit flies to but that maybe from past spills. Is this a infection? does it...

Alright so its been about five months, there is a think film on the beer and the strong sourness has subsided to the point where it tastes like a boring pale with a rhubarb after taste. So i decided to throw half a sachet of yeast in, any idea what this will do?

Thanks!

I have faucet on a draft tower that isn't strongly secured (into several layers of faux wood particle board) So i cant just get a bigger handle to increase leverage. The faucet is not a perlick, it is the one you often see like this...

so in other words i can bottle this and give it a shot.

It just smells so good! i want to be able to drink this.

i tasted it though and it seems decent, its been sitting for about 20 days

So my standard ale kit beer is clearly infected. It smells sour and has grown a film on the surface. However i find the smell delicious! To me it smells like a lambic. Is there any harm in bottling and trying to drink it?

it was a very simple can kit. I just wnt ahead and did a 30 min boil, we'll see how it goes.

fair enough, i think im just gonna go for it, if i win its good beer, if i fail its beer... no lose! thanks though

Ale yeast, it is hopped already but im sure it will be rather bland, so i thought i might try to do a boil to up the bitterness. Is a half ounce boiled for a 1/2 hour conservative for cascade hops?

I have gotten a very simple no name Australian pilsner kit for Xmas, i expect it to be very pale tasteless, but likely extremely drinkable. My Dad likes IPA's and i have 2 ounces of Cascade hopes on hand. I wonder if i can make a simple, moderate IPA by boiling the contents of the can...

i did a homebrew wednesday video with this beer http://youtu.be/wXdqxMHTrAI

Still pretty jr here myself, but from what i read and gathered, what you have described might be old school thinking. Many people on this board myself included have left their beer in primary for 3 weeks plus with no sign of ill effects. I've also heard people say that leaving it in the primary...

Putin, i'd like to think it was similar to a Russian imperial style, and originally it was a monster, so i asked what i thought was Russian and closest to a monster, Putin came to mind,

So an update! i brewed the beer this way. 1 hour Boil - 4 litre boil 15 mins in add 1 oz of nugget hops Added 500 gram of brown sugar 500 gram of dextrose 4 pounds of liquid Pale malt & Can of black rock stout in the early to mid part of the boil @45 min of boil i added 0.7 oz of cascade hops...

I always thought it had something to that lager when compared to ales was seen as the elite drink, back in the day of course. Because it was seen as the "Rich" beer it was highly sought after, and when breweries found ways to brew it more cheaply the market gobbled it up. sort of like coffee.