That's real unfortunate (1st batch and all), but lessons have been learned. My 1st brew was hideous...I didn't know 80+ degrees was bad fermentation practice - for an Oktoberfest (LOL). Hang in there, buy Star San, control ferm temps, all will be well.
Infected First Batch :(
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Sorry about the lost bottles. Do you have more? I have tasted my beers at 7 days bottle conditioning (once or twice). They did not taste "foul". There was very little carbonation though. At 2 weeks some were carbonated. At 3 weeks ALL of them have tasted better. Some bigger beers took even longer to condition properly, one took 6 months.
Kit instructions seem to be written to get you drinking the beer ASAP, often to the detriment of the beer itself. Maybe the reason is to sell more kits. They are also written so they don't overwhelm the new brewer.
Keep learning, start a new kit. As soon as you taste it and don't have another problem get 2 more going. Once you have good beer, it will disappear very quickly.
I did 4 extract kits, then 2 Partial mash kits and 2 partial mash recipes, I then did one all grain kit then started using my own ingredients (to save money) on proven recipes. After a couple of those I started experimenting by altering recipes, then designing my own. Through more than 70 batches I am still learning and trying new things.
This is a great hobby!
Kit instructions seem to be written to get you drinking the beer ASAP, often to the detriment of the beer itself. Maybe the reason is to sell more kits. They are also written so they don't overwhelm the new brewer.
Keep learning, start a new kit. As soon as you taste it and don't have another problem get 2 more going. Once you have good beer, it will disappear very quickly.
I did 4 extract kits, then 2 Partial mash kits and 2 partial mash recipes, I then did one all grain kit then started using my own ingredients (to save money) on proven recipes. After a couple of those I started experimenting by altering recipes, then designing my own. Through more than 70 batches I am still learning and trying new things.
This is a great hobby!
