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I just tasted my first bottle after letting it all sit for two weeks. The kit was for pale ale, but that first bottle was very bitter...definitely not pale ale. Anyone have any ideas for what would have turned a pale ale to something this bitter? Meaning, what did I do wrong? :(

First post here!! Anyway, my first batch ever (pale ale) has been fermenting for five days now, and I opened it today to check the gravity (the stopper quit burping about a day ago). First off I noticed that there is a bunch of sediment mud ringing the barrel at the top. This worries me since...