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I recently went on a tour at the Coopers brewery. I am fairly certain they were packing sauders malt extract tins on the day i was there. The guide also mentioned that these tins start upside down on their packing line because the cans are diffrent to the homebrew tins. Someone may need to...

Lol, yeah gave it a spray with brewshield my first time bottling. I even numbered the bottles so i could easily track any problems in my very first batch. My new full latex body suit should suffice for the next batch, oh wait just checked it and some wise guy has cut holes where the nipples...

Missus has helped me bottle a few times. So she was disappointed too when those failed also. I just convinced her to buy me a 9ltr keg for Christmas :D , so sabotage is unlikely. Yeah put a heap of work into it. Dedicated lots of time over the last few months to take up the hobby/lifestyle of...

Update for all. My Ginger beer (3.5 weeks in bottle) I think shows very small signs of the infection and the flavour has changed for the worse. I can just taste it under all the ginger. I cant see myself drinking the rest of this. Choc Porter is also bad. Same infection, showed no signs until...

Yeah certain its infection, the growth on the sides is there to stay. It has to be scrubbed very hard to get off. I've kept good temps with all my batches, just under 20* for the ales, all batches tasted great after fermentation was complete. Its after bottling the infection seems to kick into...

GOLD! Could you run a virus scan on it and see what Norton or AVG detects it as? :huh:

Yeah read it was unnecessary. But being that it was the first of my batches I didnt risk anything.

Thanks all. Yes, all tap parts & lid were disassembled (both new fermenters) and brewshield soaked for these brews. However I didnt remove O-rings for my latest batches, but will now make it routine. My ginger beer worked out fine but it was into the bottle within a week of brewing, so I...

Hi all. New brewer here. I've done a lot of reading over the past 3 or 4 months, a vast majority on these forums. :D Thought Id share my first experiences with all and provide some pics of my infection. Two of my first few batches have both failed the same way. Getting a growth that appears...