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MSB summer wheat brewed 3 and a half weeks ago...
I bought 2 kits from HBS and when putting down one can to 11.5L the first yeast was dead, 24 hours later used the yeast from the second can, dead also went to HBS and bought brewceller 15g wheat yeast (ended up a very expensive 11.5L, with 35gm of yeast in total) pitched at 48 hours.

I would have thought with my care sanitising it would be OK with a successful yeast pitch at 48hrs, but after my 3rd stubby I am convinced a cat pissed into my fermenter, it is just to sour.

I have lost my brew but now my biggest worry is how careful I need to be with the bottles so as not to infect the next brew that goes into them... a few stubbies from this brew are now mixed in with others. Do I need to quarantine them?

Sadly it seems that the MSB kits don't turn over quickly enough and as a result the quality yeast included is suspect.

I recently vowed that I would never buy another MSB kit.

That aside, a bottle of Iodophor properly used on clean bottles should see you okay. There's not much that can live through a 20 minute exposure to it. If there is a problem, sit your bottles in front of the TV when Desperate Housewives is on. Anything still alive in your bottles will run screaming from the room. You will know when your bottles are clean when the noise dies down...

SpillsMostOfIt wrote:I recently vowed that I would never buy another MSB kit.

I must say the MSB pale ale I made which at first I was happy (thinking it would improve so much with age), I am now very unimpressed. Just very average and uninteresting and underhopped... much like many commercial beers I guess. On the other hand the 2 row lager I have been quite happy with, same with the oatmeal stout. What got you to that point?

I don't use idophor, simply cause I don't know much about where to get it etc... been using sodium percarbonate as it is easy to get and use. Should this kill the nasties that spoilt the brew? If not I will try the TV bit

If the whole batch is infected then there is no point hanging onto the bottles. I'd suggest tip them.

If the bottles are glass give them all a good clean with Neo-Pink and you should be fine.

Cheers,
Greg

anthony wrote:

SpillsMostOfIt wrote:I recently vowed that I would never buy another MSB kit.

What got you to that point?

I bought a two-row lager kit as an experiment. The yeast was a dud, so I pitched US-56 on top. All went well, but the beer was nothing special.

Of course, it was probably me, so I bought another lager and a pale ale.

I made up the pale ale. Yeast was a dud - I did my US-56 trick again. All went well, but the result is the second worst beer I've ever made and I am fairly sure it wasn't me.

I boiled the remaining lager kit yeast as nutrient for a recent beer and will use the lager kit can to make lethaldog's Becks Clone if winter comes.

But don't let any of this put anyone off!