apcoach
Well-Known Member
Am on my second beer and things have not gone very smoothly. My first was an Irish Red that was great through both fermentations but I mistakenly used half the corn sugar before bottling so it was terribly flat. After realizing my mistake I rebottled the reaming beer(90%) and added the rest of the sugar. Its been tough waiting but I do feel that it will now be a solid beer.
After rebottling the red I brewed an 80 schilling Scottish Ale that was a partial mash. Everything went great until I realized the immersion chiller had leaked hose water into the wort. I tried to fix it but that made it worse. This stopped the cooling so I waited awhile to pitch the yeast. Now I have strong banana smells coming from the air lock cap. I was going to rack to the secondary after a week then two weeks in there before bottling of another two. Do you think this will turn out ok and not to banana? What can I do to help the situation?
After rebottling the red I brewed an 80 schilling Scottish Ale that was a partial mash. Everything went great until I realized the immersion chiller had leaked hose water into the wort. I tried to fix it but that made it worse. This stopped the cooling so I waited awhile to pitch the yeast. Now I have strong banana smells coming from the air lock cap. I was going to rack to the secondary after a week then two weeks in there before bottling of another two. Do you think this will turn out ok and not to banana? What can I do to help the situation?