Stupid mistake. Brewing 15 gallons yesterday from three kits. But I totally forgot to add the sugar (LME) to the boil! Brewed the rest as expected. This was yesterday. Today, I found the unused LME and checked the primaries. I seem to have some fermentation taking place using the sugar that...
My beer is leaving huge "soap-like" bubbles in the bottle during pouring of my final conditioned beer. I switched to starsan from iodophor, and I'm wondering if this might be what's causing it. Taste seems pretty good, not off but not great.
Anyone else had this before? These are giant...
Yes to the starters. Would go lower if I could. Not sure it's the temp, simply because I've had many good batches at this temp before the one (very) infected batch. Since then it's gone from good to "drinkable".
Equipment is
5 gal plastic primary
glass carboy secondary
plastic syphoning tubes/racking cane/stirring spoon.
Sanitize with starsan with no-rinse.
That's it basically. I only do partial.
Off flavour is mildly soapy tasting.
Have never replaced the tubing after about a year and a half...
I had a bad batch maybe 6 months ago, and it seems like almost every batch I've made since then has been a bit off. Not undrinkable, but not good. Is it possible for my brewing gear to be infected, and is there anything I can do to fix it?
I have a basic setup for my primary - pail with no room for an airlock. My instructions with the kit said to just leave the lid on but not closed. I'm worried this is opening up my batch to infection. Any suggestions to fix this? Can I just cut a hole in the lid for a bung/airlock? Anything...
vinegary is probably about right. Very sour vinegar would be about the right description. Almost no beer flavour at all.
I might keep a few bottles as testers to see where it goes over the next 6 months or so, but I'll likely toss as soon as I need the bottles for a new batch.
Just bottled a batch of oatmeal stout. The stuff is crazy sour. I'm thinking it's infected, as it is extremely off tasting (undrinkable as it is now). It's already bottled so I'll probably keep it around for a few months before dumping, just in case it comes around.
Question is...
But what if the yeast are dead? I waited for a batch in bottle for a month, and there was zero carbonation. I finally cracked every bottle and added a bit more yeast. It started to carbonate within a week.
I've had two batches now where my bottle conditioning isn't working. I've had batches in the past that worked fine, but now I get no carbonation. (I add sugar directly to the bottles).
The only thing that I'm doing differently is that I'm leaving it in the secondary longer. There...
Got creative and I suspect I'm paying for it.
I'm working on an oatmeal stout with a hint of orange right now. Unfortunately, I suspect it's ruined. The recipe (which I mostly made up) called for a lb of rolled outs mashed and then added it to a stout kit. Also added a bit of orange peel...