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Also, the ABV still tastes very low.

Ok, it's been another week and a half (almost 3 weeks in the bottles) and the beer has carbonated but the taste has not improved. It tastes like slightly sour apples with a very strong yeasty taste. I'm wondering if perhaps it was fermented a little too warm... it's fairly undrinkable at...

Ok, thanks for the suggestions folks. @kh - OG was 1.034. Determined ABV using (OG-FG)/7.46. Added 0.5% for bottle-action.

I'm just getting started with brewing beer, and decided to try a few extract kits while I accumulate the equipment to go AG. My wife got me the Coopers DIY starter kit that comes with the "Coopers Lager Extract" can and 1kg of dextrose/maltodextrin blend. Added sugar to fermenter, added hot...