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I agree JohnSand, this has been a really interesting thread, There has been some really detailed information that is really useful. I just had a smell of some 70% Rubbing Alcohol I have and there is quite a similarity to the smell from this to the smell coming off the beer when hot, I am not...

That's a good point. Brandy looses something like 1% of its alcohol a year just sitting in the bottle. You also get steam quite quickly when heating water, way before you reach boiling point. The fumes coming of it certainly were burning the inside of my nose!

Thanks! I will certainly update the thread with how it goes on the rest of the batch. Thanks for that information Douglasbargin, it is interesting to see that I was no where near removing the fusel groups of alcohols. The off taste of the beer is like cheap spirit. Rough, burning and long...

Thanks for all the comments! It is far from drinkable unfortunately. At first it is very pleasant but then the burn hits and it lasts for hours after, even from just a sip. I kept it for 6 months in the hope that it would sort it self out but its not getting any better with age. I am not one...

Hi, I have a standard session ale that I am pretty certain has fusel alcohols in. It is about 6 months old now and tastes pretty decent apart from the throat burn, and strange after taste. I was going to chuck it down the drain but thought it might be worth experimenting with, just to see what...