Just cracked my Festive U.S Steam Beer tester, been conditioning 4 weeks, Chilled down perfect, poured nice and clear, decent holding head and tasted like a mouth full of Nail Varnish. Looks like its down the bog with 40 pints of beer for the first time in 37 years of brewing. Dont have no explanation, i just hope its only this bottle, Fermented at 22% used Yeast Provided, went through all usual procedures. :-?
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johnbarleycorn
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Is it high hop levels that need to calm down, or a def infection ? i wouldnt chuck it just yet- i had a Greg Hughes US Amarillo beer that took a while to calm down, but turned out fine after about 6 weeks in the keg (just as it was finishing !)
No its not Hops or Infection its def nail polish remover taste, its maybe due to the yeast struggling at to high a temp, but 22 degrees should of been fine:-? I will test one of the bottles from stock tomorrow if its the same it down the bog has it wont change with age when its like this
johnbarleycorn
Junior Member
just out of interest, what was the yeast ? 22c should be within the range of most...... was it in a ferment fridge/chamber ?
the yeast came with the kit, i use thermostatic internal heaters. yes 22 should have been spot on
LarryF
Brew Numpty
Try each bottle, hopefully it's just this one or just a few and you can rescue the majority of it.
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yes i will, you can smell it so i can all ways recap the good ones
LarryF
Brew Numpty
37 years is a good run and it still might only be a couple of bottles, fingers crossed.:thumb:
There all the same also the two mini kegs just dumped the lot, never mind on to the next brew:thumb:
LarryF
Brew Numpty
Gutted....
Paranoid now :lol:
Good info on possible causes for funkedelic tastes and smells in home brew by type https://www.morebeer.com/content/homebrew-off-flavors
LarryF
Brew Numpty
The only thing that jumps to mind is the age of your FV, mine is just over 2 years old so I'm swapping it out for a new one. I'm thinking ã11.95 is a small price for peace of mind. Boil every thing that can be boiled and if it can't be boiled soak it in santizer, you've got a good enough history to deal with it and sometimes it's just s**t luck and you can't clean against that.
Larry some times theres no explanation, if it happens again then i will be taking drastic measures but i think its a one off bad luck so we will see what happens :thumb:
MyQul
Chairman of the Bored
Sound exactly like fusil alcohols to me. Perhaps the yeast that came with the kit is particularly temp susceptable or perhaps the yeast went ape-**** and you fermented at 22C but it was a lot higher in the FV? Doesnt sound like an infection though
Did you monitor the temperature or just set it to 22 and leave it? I'm wondering if the thermostat is faulty and the temp was actually higher
My sympathies. The chasm between 'sinking a brew' and chucking a brew down the sink is one that only us homebrewers can grasp the magnitude of.
Graz
Landlord.
Suppose there's an outside chance that the kit itself could have been a bad batch? Maybe a quick email to Festival (Ritchies) to explain the issues you've had with the kit. You never know they might even send you a voucher for another or something like that?
set and left but used the heater before and since,I think this developed in the bottles and mini keg, but must of been in the brew at bottling , its not infection, i have had it happen but very rarely with wine.
might do has you say , would be interested to know if any one has had this happen to there Festivel kits:-?
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