bobbrewster
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About 4 months ago I brewed my first beer. It was a Sierra Nevada clone which I really messed up but it turned out great. I added all the hops at the beginning of the boil instead of following the schedule. I didn't cool the wort and waited about 9 hours after the boil to pitch the yeast. Only fermented for a week then bottled. Was only in bottle for a week before I started drinking. All this and it was still an excellent beer. I've made about 10 other batches of various styles that also turned out great since then. My last batch was another Sierra Nevada clone. I thought I would try it again now that I'm more experienced and know all the right and wrong ways to make extract beer.(thanks to this site) I used the same recipe as last time except I did everything right this time. Followed hop schedule, cooled wort to <80F in 15/min, aerated wort, pitched yeast, primaried for a week, secondaried 2 weeks and bottled 3 weeks and guess what... It tastes and looks like absolute DEATH! What the hell!!?? It tasted and looked fine before I bottled it! Used 5 ounces dextrose like always, everything was clean, ETC...!!!??? Now it's hazy, has vomit looking chunks floating around and tastes like NyQuil and vomit!!!??? The only thing I can think of is infection of some sort but I don't know how... Well I'm going to go use these bottles for target practice now. Anyone have this problem before?