First brew frothy

[vealy]

My first brew was very frothy and gassy.It also tasted like vinegar.I brewed a Mid strength in stubbies.
Can you explain why?

Cheers

Vealy

[gregb]

Sounds like you've picked up an infection. Review sanitisation procedures.

Cheers,
Greg

[Clean Brewer]

Take Gregs advice, dont let it put you off brewing though..

Sanitisitation is very important, everything has to be clean, even your hands..

[KEG]

i'd say you got pretty unlucky. i've done 26 brews, never had an infection. just a matter of being fairly clean.

now that you've had one, you'll want to sanitise your equipment very thoroughly, probably with a couple different sanitisers.

[earle]

Also take any rubber rings/grommets off fermenter lid and take your tap apart. Make sure everything is well sanitized.

[vealy]

Thanks fellows.
I've just brewed a little creatures pale ale and fingers crossed is looking good.Bubbling away.I made sure that everything was sanitized this time.
I bought a heat band for the fermenter.Seems to be working.
Hopefully bottle on weekend.
Shall let you know.