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Just an update, had this ipa carbing in the keg for a few days now and just tried it. Something is definitely wrong with this beer. It is sour, and tastes of dish soap. I'm going to let it sit for a few more days and try it again. If it still tastes of all things wretched I am sacrificing it to...

Sunday's don't get much better!

Well, the hop bag clog and activity in the beer caused the liquid in the neck to blow out of the air lock. I removed the bung and sanitized and toof the opportunity to smell the beer... I do not have high hopes for this one, something smells off.. not sour, just funky, like feet.. or a dirty...

I will add that there is some airlock activity in secondary...

hmm, I'll keep an eye on it.. I rocked the carboy gently a few times to break the seal that the hop bag had created and let the beer in the neck of the carboy drain back down. I wonder now if the "trub" will make it's way back down to the bottom...

WLP California Ale, if I remember correctly

yep, I am hoping someone is able to shed some insight on this one...

FYI, there was air between the liquid in the neck and the top of the liquid in the carboy (does that make sense?)

After three days in secondary, my dry hop nylon bag (boiled and sanitized) is sitting at the top of the carboy and this is forming around it. Looks like trub/yeast maybe? Should I be worried? Also, notice that the hop bag was forced somehow up into the neck of the carboy and somehow beer...

Dirty

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3 in gray

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