KuntzBrewing
Well-Known Member
Well 2 problems to be specific. First off The very first homebrew I made was an IPA, turned out decent for my first time chill hazed protien hazed, no head or retention, but tasted great. I didnt add any salts to my mash so i thought this explained the "rounded" bitterness. So months later I made an IIPA added mgso4 and caso4 as recomended by a water spreadsheet to get a Burton type water. This brew had a good malt body and decent hop aroma. went for the taste and there was some terrible off flavor. I cant describe this flavor as I have only tasted it in my brew (although I caught it slightly in a 3 Floyds Zombie Dust bottle months later) btw that batch got infected so i figured it was caused by the infection. but i also got extremely sick the next day. Now before we all comment saying no pathogen can grow in homebrew let me finish. This brew had me throwing up so bad the next day and such a splitting migrane that I wished I was hungover instead of what I had. It was like food poisoning type sickness. didnt eat for 2 days and even though i tried I just puked it up. The puking was so bad I was expecting **** to be sucked out of my intestines and back up through my mouth. The migraine was so bad i wanted to just die. and on top of that i would break out into a cold sweat each time i puked or moved. I figured it was just from that infection. So i dumped them all $60 worth of beer in the trash. So to prevent another infection to ruin my beer and waste my money i bleached everything, oxycleaned it all. Made another IPA. added my salts, smelled it and it smells wonderfull, drank it and noticed the same flavor. this time there was no infection visible. No signs of fussel alcohols either. Next day got sick as a dog again. Exact same sympotms. And trust me this was not a hang over. Now I know that pathogens cannot survive in homebrew but what is causing this. its not from other foods. its only from my homebrewed IPAs. any other beer I make turns out great and leaves no sickness.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
BTW no commercial IPAs make me sick like this
can anyone elaborate without simply saying its not the homebrew.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
BTW no commercial IPAs make me sick like this
can anyone elaborate without simply saying its not the homebrew.