Last week I bought my first beer kit with everything I needed to make
it.
I bought a malt extract kit, brewing sugar and that was it.
I followed the instructions and tipped it all in the fermenter, put the
lid on and left it.
It smelt lovely as I was boiling the ingredients and within 3 hours
there was a nice foam on top of the brew I could see through the bucket.
Now, I've just got in from a weekend away and thought I'd have a crafty
peep and a sniff and it smells rank, it smelt really vinegary and almost
made my eyes water!
Seeing as this is the first time I've tried to make beer I thought I'd
check as this acidic smell might disperse but it smelt way off to me.
I sterilised everything overnight by immersing the equipment in VWP.
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:49:03 +0100, Whinging Courier wrote:
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Last week I bought my first beer kit with everything I needed to make it. I bought a malt extract kit, brewing sugar and that was it. I followed the instructions and tipped it all in the fermenter, put the lid on and left it. It smelt lovely as I was boiling the ingredients and within 3 hours there was a nice foam on top of the brew I could see through the bucket. Now, I've just got in from a weekend away and thought I'd have a crafty peep and a sniff and it smells rank, it smelt really vinegary and almost made my eyes water! Seeing as this is the first time I've tried to make beer I thought I'd check as this acidic smell might disperse but it smelt way off to me. I sterilised everything overnight by immersing the equipment in VWP. What gone wrong? Cheers.
Relax, have a brew, don't worry. Some brews taste/smell like rocket fuel
before they're ready to drink.
Check the gravity, rack to secondary when it's ready, bottle when it
clears. Leave 'em for 2 or 3 weeks before you try one.
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