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I've decided it must be star san that reacted with something. Not sure what happened, but I'm relieved that my beer isn't ruined!

I've had my first lager in the fermentation chamber (freezer) for about a week. I've been checking on it regularly and it's been fermenting fine and has a nice krausen on it. There have been fine bubbles of sanitizer building up on top of the airlock, but it has not needed a blow off tube...

paddington, I have since brewed an EPA, and while the taste is only so so (definitely needs more hops), the fizziness and off tastes are better this time. Changes I made: sanitized with iodophor, didn't use all the priming sugar, and cleaned extra well. I've also been working on my pouring...

Just finished brewing the EPA. Used IO Star for sanitizing (will probably get Star San next time, but I liked how there was no foam with IO Star). If this batch has the same fizzy characteristics of the previous brews I may try filtering my tap water next time. The other thing that I thought...

Lots of good comments, thanks for your ideas. I am definitely not fermenting too warm, if anything I may be fermenting too cold, but I try and keep the temp in the mid-60s. The kits are coming off the shelf at either Northern Brewer or Midwest Brewing. Its possible one or two weren't the...

I've been extract brewing off and on for a couple of years, using kits from either Northern Brewer or Midwest (a red ale, amber ale, brown ale, and a couple of weiss beers). I do a partial boil, then primary fermentation for at least a week (usually more, I try and use a hydrometer), secondary...