So this is our first brew. It was atrociously planned, and I'm sure we made about 100 mistakes.
We didn't have enough good water, so I had to run to the store to get a few gallons of spring water. Second, we didn't prep the yeast, we just chucked dry yeast from the packet into the beer and stirred it on in (had a DVD that did that, so we didn't think twice about it).
First and foremost, my beer only bubbled for about a day. And that was day 2 in the fermentation bucket with airlock.
It's stopped since Monday, and I opened it up to take a peek. Sadly, I'm thinking we botched the whole batch.
First, there's no 'yeast cake' at all. There is a 1/2" ring around where there might have been one, but it's all pretty much fell into the beer.
That, and it smells. Horribly. My best guess is wet sweatsock left in a gym bag for too long. I can smell the beer in there, but there's just an overwhelming nasty smell that just seems bad.
It's now day 4. Do I toss it out and sanitze, or do I wait it out till the weekend and see if it's cleared up?
Help!
We didn't have enough good water, so I had to run to the store to get a few gallons of spring water. Second, we didn't prep the yeast, we just chucked dry yeast from the packet into the beer and stirred it on in (had a DVD that did that, so we didn't think twice about it).
First and foremost, my beer only bubbled for about a day. And that was day 2 in the fermentation bucket with airlock.
It's stopped since Monday, and I opened it up to take a peek. Sadly, I'm thinking we botched the whole batch.
First, there's no 'yeast cake' at all. There is a 1/2" ring around where there might have been one, but it's all pretty much fell into the beer.
That, and it smells. Horribly. My best guess is wet sweatsock left in a gym bag for too long. I can smell the beer in there, but there's just an overwhelming nasty smell that just seems bad.
It's now day 4. Do I toss it out and sanitze, or do I wait it out till the weekend and see if it's cleared up?
Help!