Deafmeadmaker
Deafmeadmaker
This one has me stumped. My last 4 batches have all become oxidized and taste like You've bitten down on tin foil. I bought new buckets and carboys in case of bacterial infection. I doubled down on cleaning and sterilizing (washed and sanitized twice.) I've lived in two apartments since the first batch. There are fruit flies coming in. I've cleaned, sprayed and set traps to catch them and that seems to have worked although they may return. There are a lot of bubbles, foamy head coming out of my mini pump. I've cleaned and sterilized that after each use, but the problem persists. I have found fruit flies in my airlock (trying to get in?) This has me stumped and is becoming very expensive to be throw batch after batch away. What else am I missing? is there something I can do??