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anyone want to classify this floating byproduct? Beer tastes fine.

I don’t know that my palate knows the difference between tart and sour. It might be tart. It’s not undrinkable, but reminds me of some sours that I’ve had. If wild yeast won’t take over in 6 days then it has to be something in the sugar or it came out as intended and I’ve never had a real hefe...

Update: popped a bottle to see progress. It’s been carbonating 6 days. It’s about as carbonated as champagne and has a slightly sour taste. Did I get some wild yeast in there or is there a possibility it’ll mellow out in the next week and is just “green”? I used 5oz corn sugar and netted 50...

Hey everyone! My name is Scott and I’m from S FL. I used a mr. beer kit about 10 years ago and the final product tasted like postage stamp adhesive (I somehow still drank it all though). 5 years ago I got a 1 gallon glass kit as a gift, made a decent pale ale but the time investment didn’t...

Thank you all for the responses, I was out of town a couple days and the top krausen mostly cleared off since last Friday. Gravity readings were the same, and I’m looking forward to drinking this soon!

I’m fermenting my first hefe. I noticed that it started bubbling about 36 hours after putting in the fermenter (could have started up to 12 hours earlier than that), and after 14 days there’s still a large amount of bubbly Krausen at the top and a lot of movement inside the carboy. Typically i...

So I just cracked into it and there were no issues with contamination. The cleaning and sterilizing worked. Also, I made sure to put a little extra effort into hand tightening the spigot for the next batch and there was no leakage. Thank you all!

Yep, I cleaned the inside of the spigot too. Then used a plastic bag and some rubber bands to soak the spigot upside down for 30 mins. My fingers are crossed, because I hate using a siphon and still ran the beer through the spigot.

Pre-carbonated milk stout that didn’t fit inside the keg!

Thanks for the responses, I’ll post follow up notes and let you know how it goes. The spigot was not sitting in a pool, just had some dried liquid on the outside. I cleaned and then disinfected as recommended. Also, I tasted a bit while transferring and it was great. No noticeable...

Will this contaminate my beer and cause noticeable off notes? I’m about to keg my second 5 gallon batch. My first was a pale ale and was good, but a very very slight sour note when I licked my lips after taking a sip. No one but me noticed it. I noticed a small amount of liquid at the bottom of...