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Thanks to everyone who gave insight. It turns out the black swirly stuff was indeed a trick of the light as Manticle suggested. As for over carbonation - yep - way too carbonated. Though I should consider myself lucky. I opened one bottle and it didn't overflow but it gave a hell of a pop...

I checked it a few days ago in water and it was perfect. What do you mean by a decent scale? I'm not sure of the brand but it's for beer and wine and has 1.00, 10, 20, 30, 40 etc. markings and is colour coded, e.g. red for starting beer, yellow around 1.00 to indicate bottling.

I used a hydrometer QldKev. I was considering cracking open one of the bottles tonight to do another reading and have a sniff but going by what you and Frothie have said I may need to update my will and don a welding mask beforehand.

Thanks Frothie. I bottled 5 days ago and no kaboom yet, though I guess if there's a time limit on this it might at least several weeks for carbonation to finish completely. The bottle bomb threat was why they're in the bathroom. If any explode they'll be easy to clean up and the towel should...

Good afternoon. To cut to the chase: Can yeast turn black? (I've done a few searches but haven't been able to find answers) In more depth: I purchased my first brewing kit around three weeks ago, sanitised everything thoroughly with brewshield, and followed the instructions on my can of...