Mike-H
Well-Known Member
Lets see, I brewed beer for the first time about 6 years ago and only did one batch. Today, I have a whole keg system in which I put commercial kegs and I reserved one keg for homebrew. Well, having sucesfully brewed (and bottled) a batch of beer from the starter kit years ago I figured I was good to go. Long story short, I called up an internet homebrew supply and he made a personalized kit for me (I didnt want the plastic buckets, only carboys). So, my beer of choice was Muntons IPA Bitter. The HBS sent me 1 can of IPA bitter, all the equipment and a 3lbs of "Brew Sugar". I followed the "simple instructions" since this was my first batch which were pretty much as follows:
Heat the can of extract (IPA Bitter)
Boil 2 gallons of water
pour extract & hot water in
pour in 2lbs sugar
top off with cold water
shake, add yeast and wait 4-5 days until bubbles are 2-3 minutes apart
After this I kegged and my beer flat out sucks. It also has a metalic taste, kinda tastes like rust. My question is:
1. What is the metalic taste? Everything was steralized.
2. What was I actually supposed to do to brew this beer, hops, malt etc??
Heat the can of extract (IPA Bitter)
Boil 2 gallons of water
pour extract & hot water in
pour in 2lbs sugar
top off with cold water
shake, add yeast and wait 4-5 days until bubbles are 2-3 minutes apart
After this I kegged and my beer flat out sucks. It also has a metalic taste, kinda tastes like rust. My question is:
1. What is the metalic taste? Everything was steralized.
2. What was I actually supposed to do to brew this beer, hops, malt etc??