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I know time heals all wounds, especially when it comes to beer, but sometimes you just need those bottles.
I have dumped 5 batches in my first year of homebrewing, I don't believe any were due to infection.
1. Nuclear Porter <-- I pitched champaign yeast at the same time as ale yeast, I didn't realize I was supposed to stager them
2. Brown Ale <-- Tasted like crap, I blame the addition of brown sugar
3. Oatmeal Stout <-- I ordered liquid yeast through the mail in the summer (first mistake), I tried an extract oatmeal stout (second mistake), and since the Brown Ale wasn't confirmed nasty yet I added brown sugar (third mistake)
4. Oktoberfest <-- Smelled and tasted like canned corn. 100$ repulsive.
5. Oktoberfest attempt #2 <-- floating themometer broke in cooling wort.
I'd say that's about 25% of my batches for the year. My last 5 have gone off w/o a hitch though.
I have dumped 5 batches in my first year of homebrewing, I don't believe any were due to infection.
1. Nuclear Porter <-- I pitched champaign yeast at the same time as ale yeast, I didn't realize I was supposed to stager them
2. Brown Ale <-- Tasted like crap, I blame the addition of brown sugar
3. Oatmeal Stout <-- I ordered liquid yeast through the mail in the summer (first mistake), I tried an extract oatmeal stout (second mistake), and since the Brown Ale wasn't confirmed nasty yet I added brown sugar (third mistake)
4. Oktoberfest <-- Smelled and tasted like canned corn. 100$ repulsive.
5. Oktoberfest attempt #2 <-- floating themometer broke in cooling wort.
I'd say that's about 25% of my batches for the year. My last 5 have gone off w/o a hitch though.