extract failure :(

[tezerh]

i'm sad to say my first extract attempt has been a failure i think this has mainly been my shoddy attempt at sterilizing as i could still smell mold from a previous batch in the bucket despite sterilizing for 12hrs. the batch has been stuck on 1.029 for a fortnight an during that time i fear it also sat on the sediment for too long as the taste sample was bitter sour taste. to top it all off i barreled anyway an woke to hear a popping sound of air escaping from top tap which was slowly dripping over night.

so alot to learn from this its the first time i have had to waste a batch

in the sediment i did notice there was dust from the grain is this normal or have i used a nylon bag that is too course an could of added to failure list?

 

[jinxy72]

if ur sure u could smell mold m8 then maybe fill it and boil it before u do anything else with it ..... sad news though

 

[StubbsPKS]

A fortnight isn't too long to leave something in an FV either. If you could smell mold, then that's your problem sadly

Good luck, and make sure to scrub the HELL out of that FV to kill that mold :-P :thumb:

 

[tezerh]

na chucked the bucket in the local tip i have another spare anyway i only brew on batch at a time with exeption to 5lt demijon projects

what annoys me the most is i dont know where the mould was not hard to find green lumps on a white bucket i scowered the thing in VWP including the lid so god knows why there was still a mould smell i usually worry when i can still clorine after the 3rd flush through