Beer about ready but i have a few questions

[doktorhook]

Ok, I'm taking SG readings as it's getting close to bottling day but when I opened up the fermentor, there appears to be crusty yeast (looks just like the little yeast pellets in the packet but their kind of blackened) or maybe even mold but it doesn't really look like that. Is the beer infected?

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[marubozo]

It's probably not infected. Take the gravity reading and if it's close to what you expect, it should be fine. And taste the sample you used to take the reading. If it doesn't make you gag, then the beer is probably just fine.

 

[doktorhook]

The sample was not bad but the beer was a little dry for my taste, not that I'm not going to drink it . Will it sweeten up some when I add the priming sugar?

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[marubozo]

The sugar added for bottling won't really sweeten it since that sugar is used to carbonate the beer, but the end product will change in the weeks to come as it ages in the bottles. It is nearly impossible to tell how a newly fermented beer will taste after bottling and aging. Unless it tastes like satan's anus from the sample, 9 times out of 10 you'll end up with perfectly fine beer after you give it enough time.

 

[CnnmnSchnpps]

Unless it tastes like satan's anus from the sample

Sorry, I have no basis for comparison. Can you describe in more detail from your personal experience what Satan's anus tastes like? :fro:

 

[Fid]

The sugar added for bottling won't really sweeten it since that sugar is used to carbonate the beer, but the end product will change in the weeks to come as it ages in the bottles. It is nearly impossible to tell how a newly fermented beer will taste after bottling and aging. Unless it tastes like satan's anus from the sample, 9 times out of 10 you'll end up with perfectly fine beer after you give it enough time.

Second that. The carbonation will help bring out some flavors as well... plus you likely won't be drinking it at room temperature which will also impact the flavors.

Whatever you do, DON'T try to add more priming sugar in an attempt to sweeten it up.
Bottle Bombs.