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Agreed... i think it was the ingredients. I've done two mini-mash kits from austin homebrew supply and have not been disappointed yet. I just bottled a lager from them yesterday and I was tempted to drink it straight out of the secondary it was so good. Also did an IPA from Austin homebrew with...

new belgium skinny dip.....tasted like toilet bowl mold!

I've been using one of those "zero water" pitcher filters that removes all disolved solids (including chlorine). It drastically improved the flavor of the tap water so im sure it will also improve the flavor of my next batch (getting ready to bottle it tomorrow). Thanks for the advice!

Whatever the temp of my apartment was. ( Usually 70F)

i used iodophor to sanitize everything. I did however use untreated tap water (I have since started using treated water). Does this make that big of a difference? My fermentation didn't start after 72hrs so i went to the brew store and got some danstar nottingham yeast to jump-start it.

correction: it was a brewer's best english brown ale kit (mini mash)

So I tasted a beer after 4 weeks in the bottle and it tasted and smelled like latex. It was a mr. beer english brown ale kit. It was my first batch using a new plastic fermenter. I am thinking it may have acquired the taste from the new plastic and the fermenter wasn't "aged". Anyone have any...

Thanks for the help! I went ahead and moved it into the secondary "per the recipe instructions" and it is still putting off CO2 in the secondary. I will keep an eye on it.

I'm getting ready to transfer my beer into the secondary fermenter. It is an AHS light lager mini-mash recipe (fermenting at room temp, however). I added half of a 1% alcohol boost to it. Fermentation started within hours of pitching. Today is the 7th day of fermentation and the airlock is still...