Recent content by TheSilverSeven

Perhaps it is the green apple taste. I'm new so don't have a superb sense of all this stuff. I did use the yeast supplied with the pack, I did not look at the expiration but it comes sealed in the cap of the can of malt which I did check and was fine so I assume the yeast was too. Absolutely...

What's LME? I'm gonna guess. Light...malt...extract? Lol The stout malt I used was like 3 months old. Still had like a year on expiration date

Bought all the cleaning chemicals at a beer store, only used soft cloth to wash and wipe. Didn't open it anytime that wasn't necessary. The collar doesn't move during fermentation, it's held down with plastic clips. A few days in the froth subsides and the level of liquid is below the collar...

1.7kg can I believe. I've looked it up and I can see vinegary flavour suggests infection but just can't see how it's happened twice in a row and I've done as good as I can imagine to properly clean and sanitize and I never open the tub when not necessary.

I'm also not sure how great the plastic hydrometer is that comes with the kit. Yep mixed in the dry ingredients along with the canned sludge they send you in about 2L of hot water. Then added up to the 23L mark as told maintaining temp at around 21 Deg celcius

1035 or so

I don't know what to do for the idea of infection. I cleaned all the equipment with the proper chems from a DIY brew store, haven't opened it since I took out the kreseun collar a few days in. Not sure how to actually tell is there IS an infection. Is there a test or something?

Hey folks, I'm new to this. Only on my second Cooper's homebrew batch. First was a lager came out tasting like it had old apple juice stilled in it. Did the stout this time. Followed directions exactly. It's been fermenting now for about 2-3 weeks. The s/g seems to have levelled out at about...