Recent content by Cliffhanger

Cheers for the fast responses guys. About the yeast type - I just used what came with the tins, and it didn't specify on the packet. The instructions said to brew at room temp, so being a reputable company and a fairly costly beer kit one might assume that they provided me with the right...

In fact, it was definitely the yeast. I'll do you a favour and personally take hold of your beer for safekeeping to make sure nobody else gets sick from it.

I'm a bit skeptical about the whole good/bad bacteria thing. More than likely you ate something bad and got the ****s because of that, or something else in the beer was what your GI tract didn't like and you had a bad reaction to that.

The vinegar smell probably came from some vinegar in your brew - vinegar is ethanoic (or acetic) acid. Basically alcohol - or ethanol - gets oxidised to produce ethanoic acid. This is what happens when you leave wine in the bottle overnight and in the morning it tastes bad - it has turned to...

First off I'd like to introduce myself! This is my first post ever. I've just been lurking for a while mainly and read most of the FAQs and all that before I started brewing - All very helpful so cheers all! Right so, the other week I kicked off my first ever brew after buying my kit - Muntons...