Hey people
Kinda new here but been hanging around for a bit to learn a few things.
I recently did a beer brew with a coopers "Real Ale" extract in a 5 gal fermenter (1 of them plastic things labeled wine/beer fermenter for cheapness) well i decided for ease of use i would do 3 weeks in primary and 3 in secondary then bottle (or something along thos lines) as i hear its common.
The brew is about 2 weeks 2/3 days old and last week (about 7 days ago) i took a hydro test, tasted the hydro tube and it tasted real good (in comparison to some stuff i've had before) today i did the same and it tasted quite bitter.
To my experience ale doesnt taste bitter and am now thinking its infected? looks clear (almost see through it) nothing "growing" on the top at all either, but quite abit of sediment in the bottom of the fermenter (about 1 - 2cm?)
anyone more experienced than me got a clue whats goin on?
thanks.
-matt
Kinda new here but been hanging around for a bit to learn a few things.
I recently did a beer brew with a coopers "Real Ale" extract in a 5 gal fermenter (1 of them plastic things labeled wine/beer fermenter for cheapness) well i decided for ease of use i would do 3 weeks in primary and 3 in secondary then bottle (or something along thos lines) as i hear its common.
The brew is about 2 weeks 2/3 days old and last week (about 7 days ago) i took a hydro test, tasted the hydro tube and it tasted real good (in comparison to some stuff i've had before) today i did the same and it tasted quite bitter.
To my experience ale doesnt taste bitter and am now thinking its infected? looks clear (almost see through it) nothing "growing" on the top at all either, but quite abit of sediment in the bottom of the fermenter (about 1 - 2cm?)
anyone more experienced than me got a clue whats goin on?
thanks.
-matt