blueseamonkey
Well-Known Member
Ok, I'm well aware nothing that can kill you can grow in beer but I think something grew in mine that is hurting me. My latest batch of homebrew beer from an extract kit got infected after week 4 in the primary. Not much to look at except a couple of spots of thin white mould floating on the top so I haven't added a picture. It tasted like vinegar though (it was tasting wonderful at 3 weeks) I know how the infection got in and am swapping out my fermenter next batch.
I bottled it anyway in 2L pop bottles as I had everything sanitised. 3 weeks later have been trying to blend it in the glass with various local commercial brews. I actually found a mix that tasted pretty good: about 1/3 homebrew, 2/3 commercial crap. It seemed to be an improvement taste-wise on both beers. But now 6 hours later I have really bad diarrhoea and terrible heartburn, nothing else I ate or drank is likely to have caused it as everything was fresh. My body has already got used to the normal yeasties in good beer, but REALLY doesn't seem to like these bad yeasts/bacteria.
I bottled it anyway in 2L pop bottles as I had everything sanitised. 3 weeks later have been trying to blend it in the glass with various local commercial brews. I actually found a mix that tasted pretty good: about 1/3 homebrew, 2/3 commercial crap. It seemed to be an improvement taste-wise on both beers. But now 6 hours later I have really bad diarrhoea and terrible heartburn, nothing else I ate or drank is likely to have caused it as everything was fresh. My body has already got used to the normal yeasties in good beer, but REALLY doesn't seem to like these bad yeasts/bacteria.