brotom7
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Made my first batch of beer after a 20 years break a couple of weeks ago.
With a lot of confidence after reading loads of stuff on this site I started out with the below recipe, keep it simple was the goal.
2kg DME
0.5kg Crystal
60g EK Goldings at 60 min
20g EK Goldings at 15 min
20g EK Goldings at 2 min
S-04 yeast
Made up to 18l.
The DME and Crystal was boiled for 60min and tap water added to make up the 18l, all equipment brand new and sanitised.
I had a few problems on the way, first I didn't strain the hops so they sat through the fermentation for a week, secondly the lid on the fermentor wouldn't seal properly and I later found a plastic drill out spiral between the O-ring and the lid and lastly I didn't manage to get the temp down further than around 24-26C.
It was then racked to a cube where it sat for another week before bottling.
While bottling I figured I could force carb a bottle by using the sodastreamer.
Done and thrown in the freezer for a good cool down.
Now the bad part,
while tasting it it was very very bitter and possibly a bit sour, I figured the bitterness could be that it fermented with the hopps plus the recipe had a fair bit plus the carbonation adds a little bitterness so while the first zips didn't taste too good it soon was drinkable I thought so the whole liter went down.
To make the story short I felt the stomach go bad after a few hours and I spent the next two days horizontally with only short trips to you know where :icon_vomit: .
First I didn't think it was the beer but since all I had eaten that day also had been eaten by my girlfriend and she was alright and the timing and now two weeks later when opening another bottle it smells a bit offensive I know beleive it was the beer that made me sick.
It's just that I thought a bad beer would smell and taste so bad that I wouldn't drink it in the first place, this beer didn't smell or taste good but not bad enough that it was obvious that it was bad at the time.
Anybody else had the same happen to them?
I just bottled a second batch and it smelled and tasted much better though with the previous experience I didn't feel like force carbing a test bottled, it's gotta smell and taste perfect for me to drink it next time.
With a lot of confidence after reading loads of stuff on this site I started out with the below recipe, keep it simple was the goal.
2kg DME
0.5kg Crystal
60g EK Goldings at 60 min
20g EK Goldings at 15 min
20g EK Goldings at 2 min
S-04 yeast
Made up to 18l.
The DME and Crystal was boiled for 60min and tap water added to make up the 18l, all equipment brand new and sanitised.
I had a few problems on the way, first I didn't strain the hops so they sat through the fermentation for a week, secondly the lid on the fermentor wouldn't seal properly and I later found a plastic drill out spiral between the O-ring and the lid and lastly I didn't manage to get the temp down further than around 24-26C.
It was then racked to a cube where it sat for another week before bottling.
While bottling I figured I could force carb a bottle by using the sodastreamer.
Done and thrown in the freezer for a good cool down.
Now the bad part,
while tasting it it was very very bitter and possibly a bit sour, I figured the bitterness could be that it fermented with the hopps plus the recipe had a fair bit plus the carbonation adds a little bitterness so while the first zips didn't taste too good it soon was drinkable I thought so the whole liter went down.
To make the story short I felt the stomach go bad after a few hours and I spent the next two days horizontally with only short trips to you know where :icon_vomit: .
First I didn't think it was the beer but since all I had eaten that day also had been eaten by my girlfriend and she was alright and the timing and now two weeks later when opening another bottle it smells a bit offensive I know beleive it was the beer that made me sick.
It's just that I thought a bad beer would smell and taste so bad that I wouldn't drink it in the first place, this beer didn't smell or taste good but not bad enough that it was obvious that it was bad at the time.
Anybody else had the same happen to them?
I just bottled a second batch and it smelled and tasted much better though with the previous experience I didn't feel like force carbing a test bottled, it's gotta smell and taste perfect for me to drink it next time.