icarussound
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Hello. I just joined! I suspect you may have heard this before but here goes anyway...
I got a Coopers kit as a gift, um 2 years ago. I did my first batch - using the ingredients in the kit, Coopers lager, yeast, and so forth - last week! I am an IPA fan so I ordered the Coopers IPA + fermentables etc. ready for my next batch. Here is my dilemma:
I read the instructions and did everything exactly right but I did not sanitize the fermenter - my thought was it was new in thr box and untouched so I just washed it out with boiling water. Mistake # 1 perhaps. Next I noticed the can & the yeast were about 2 months expired. I used them anyway. Mistake # 2 maybe and likely the worst of the two.
It has been more than a week, the bubbling never really happened emphatically but *something* did, there is scum around the top of the wort and there was some bubbles, anemic though it seemed to me having since read quite a bit on the subject! The temp has been a bit low (18-20.)
I used the hydrometer and the OG or whatever was 1014 or so a few days ago. The coopers guide suggests 1008- 1010. Today I did the test again and it was a little higher - maybe 1016! Temperature perhaps? Anyway I wonder if I should just bottle it, or scrap it all and use the new fresh IPA kit? Is there a way to tell if the beer is just not OK? I tasted it and it is OK I suppose though I have no idea what to taste for.
Any suggestions would be really welcome. I have done quite a bit more reading and am now in a position to make a decent batch I think, but I am not terribly enthusiastic at waiting 2 or 3 weeks to find this batch never should have been bottled!! On the other hand if this is viable I'd love to finish the process.
Steve da sleeve
I got a Coopers kit as a gift, um 2 years ago. I did my first batch - using the ingredients in the kit, Coopers lager, yeast, and so forth - last week! I am an IPA fan so I ordered the Coopers IPA + fermentables etc. ready for my next batch. Here is my dilemma:
I read the instructions and did everything exactly right but I did not sanitize the fermenter - my thought was it was new in thr box and untouched so I just washed it out with boiling water. Mistake # 1 perhaps. Next I noticed the can & the yeast were about 2 months expired. I used them anyway. Mistake # 2 maybe and likely the worst of the two.
It has been more than a week, the bubbling never really happened emphatically but *something* did, there is scum around the top of the wort and there was some bubbles, anemic though it seemed to me having since read quite a bit on the subject! The temp has been a bit low (18-20.)
I used the hydrometer and the OG or whatever was 1014 or so a few days ago. The coopers guide suggests 1008- 1010. Today I did the test again and it was a little higher - maybe 1016! Temperature perhaps? Anyway I wonder if I should just bottle it, or scrap it all and use the new fresh IPA kit? Is there a way to tell if the beer is just not OK? I tasted it and it is OK I suppose though I have no idea what to taste for.
Any suggestions would be really welcome. I have done quite a bit more reading and am now in a position to make a decent batch I think, but I am not terribly enthusiastic at waiting 2 or 3 weeks to find this batch never should have been bottled!! On the other hand if this is viable I'd love to finish the process.
Steve da sleeve