AGGS
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Morning gents,
After much procrastination, I finally unpacked the coopers kit that I purchased for my father many years ago which went unused. It also sat in my own garage unused for a couple of years now too
Got everything cleaned up, poured in and sealed on the weekend, only forgetting the small strainer attachment for the tap to help with bottling later on (oops)
After a couple of hours, not much seemed to be happening. After about 8 more, same situation at which point I found the very slick AHB forums and starting looking up info only to discover that the tins actually have use by dates! A quick inspection after a dig through the recycling bin and behold, the can was about 5 or so years past the best before date :huh: . 48 hours later without action in seemed to put the final nail in the coffin that this old tin would indeed be an issue
BUT, due to a lack of time, a couple of days passed before we got to today when I went to drain the fermenter to begin cleaning for round two only to discover that what i was draining was actually producing a head and actually had quite a beer like smell. I popped the lid and it seems that science had eventually begun in there anyway!
My questions are:
1. Just how bad a situation is this likely to be if I let it proceed? Am I brewing a batch of poison as my wife insists, or will I just possibly end up with not so perfect results?
2. If I am brewing something not so desirable, is there still value in continuing as a whole test run of the process, or am I better off cutting my loses now and getting on with something else?
Cheers
After much procrastination, I finally unpacked the coopers kit that I purchased for my father many years ago which went unused. It also sat in my own garage unused for a couple of years now too
Got everything cleaned up, poured in and sealed on the weekend, only forgetting the small strainer attachment for the tap to help with bottling later on (oops)
After a couple of hours, not much seemed to be happening. After about 8 more, same situation at which point I found the very slick AHB forums and starting looking up info only to discover that the tins actually have use by dates! A quick inspection after a dig through the recycling bin and behold, the can was about 5 or so years past the best before date :huh: . 48 hours later without action in seemed to put the final nail in the coffin that this old tin would indeed be an issue
BUT, due to a lack of time, a couple of days passed before we got to today when I went to drain the fermenter to begin cleaning for round two only to discover that what i was draining was actually producing a head and actually had quite a beer like smell. I popped the lid and it seems that science had eventually begun in there anyway!
My questions are:
1. Just how bad a situation is this likely to be if I let it proceed? Am I brewing a batch of poison as my wife insists, or will I just possibly end up with not so perfect results?
2. If I am brewing something not so desirable, is there still value in continuing as a whole test run of the process, or am I better off cutting my loses now and getting on with something else?
Cheers