Recent content by JayP304

Thanks everyone. I'll update you in 10 or so days and let you know how it turned out. I have an expensive imperial stout kit to brew and I wanted to get everything sorted out before I started this one...probably in a few weeks. I'll have better sanitation (including the wert cooling and all...

Kevin - yes, I bottled them three days ago. Curiosity got the best of me because when I transferred to the bottling bucket, I smelled that same sour apple smell. I just had to see what it tasted like. I did not smell it when I racked to the secondary, though. The only thing different I did...

Well, it's the thicker liquid is a darker color and when the bottle is turned upside down, it sort of slowly falls down in strings. I've never seen anything like it. The thing is, I discovered this last night and it has only been in the bottle for 3 days. I tasted it and there's just a...

Hello. I was hoping someone could shed some light on a problem I've encountered with my last two extract kits. They both have a sour taste and both have a strange thicker liquid at the bottom of the bottles. I've read that the sour taste may be the result of my sanitation and I will look into...