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Someone earlier sent me a link to taste guide, and the best I could narrow it down to was "astringent". The funk I mentioned early was the smell really. Then again, I can't say entirely for certain now consider the bottle was fed to the drain. I think the paranoia of "OMG my beer is infected!"...

Hello everyone! I'm newbie brewer (though this first time didn't go so well if you've seen my first thread) and all around beer lover. Currently in Virginia, though I'm a Texan always. I'm an IT by trade and no, don't want to fix your computer for free before anyone asks. :) I joined today...

Hindsight is in 20/20. xD Honestly, I can't even answer those first few questions off the top of my head. All I know is that every time some posts on this thread, I learn another thing I should have done. Apparently those instructions I got aren't worth following to the letter though.

Looks like I need to invest in some Star San then. I didn't taste at bottling time, just siphoned directly into the bottles. I did try running the apparently not-so sanitizer through the auto siphon though. Wasn't sure if that was the proper method or not.

Astringent would probably fit the best. There was also a definite funk to the aroma like I mentioned earlier.

They were horribly sour and there was definite funk smell when I took a whiff. The instructions I got with the kit said seven days, so that's what I went with. I assumed that if I waited the time and beer was that sour, it must have been infected. Seems I might have jumped the gun possibly...

Seven days.

It was just labeled as "No Rinse Sanitizer". Something similar to Star San, I think.

This is my first post so be gentle. So as the title would suggest my first batch didn't go so well. I had purchased a brew kit online for what should have been a Chocolate Oatmeal Stout but after I opening up the bottles today it seems I got a Chocolate Oatmeal sour. Something of my mine...