A sad day but a lesson learned

[JordanB]

Hello all , well just now I had no choice but to through my first ever brew. It was BB stout and had been 8 weeks in the bottle today. I tried everything to bring the carbonation levels down but to little success and the tang was so bad I couldn't even manage half a pint, so sadly down the sink it went. I'm gonna put it down to a couple of things which I have eliminated in my current brew. Here are some pics.

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[Vossy1]

That should come with a over 18's only warning :shock: ...too graphic :cry: :lol:
Sorry to hear about your loss JB :cry:

 

[Barticus]

What are the two things you eliminated. Could help others. :thumb:

 

[nuggitmv]

WHY THE BEER WHY THE BEER :cry:

 

[graysalchemy]

What was the tang? would have made lovely beef stew. :lol: :lol:

 

[JordanB]

Your words ease my pain gents haha . The 2 things I eliminated were : boiling bottled water in a pan as apposed to using tap water and boiling with the kettle. Not racking to a secondary to cold crash , instead crashing in the primary . I think somewhere in the transfer process whether it was from primary to secondary or secondary to bottling bucket I oxadized the beer.

 

[JordanB]

Haha grey it was foul mate ! could smell it in the bottle and taste it also.

 

[kev]

I'm about 100 batches in (2500 pints!) and never thrown a drop away.

Must be lucky

K

 

[Baz Chaz]

Unlucky Jordan, pick thi self up and get another brew on buddy :thumb:

 

[JordanB]

Cheers Baz current brew is coming along nicely 9 days into fermentation so have high hopes for this one ! Just sipping on a Mcewans champion ale at 7.5% a pop to ease the pain.

 

[R-9]

boiling bottled water in a pan as apposed to using tap water and boiling with the kettle

Sorry Jordan can you clarify do you mean it's better to boil water in the pan, that the kettle may have somehow effected the taste?

cheers, good luck with next batch!

 

[Rwilts]

And how much sugar did you use per bottle for carbonation? Would be useful to know.

 

[bobsbeer]

Pouring beer down the sink. : :sick: :sick: :sick: The pain must have been immense.

 

[JordanB]

@ R9 - better to use water boiled in the pan mate !

 

[JordanB]

@RWilts I batched primed at around 115g of sugar but later to find my scales were under measuring by 32 grams ! @ Bob it's horrible mate especially with it being my first !

 

[Pawlo7671]

I am sorry for your loss

 

[plumpton]

Sorry to hear about a bad result...better luck with your next brew

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