I'm FOAMING at the mouth! I am SO TICKED right now it's not funny!!
4 months! 4 FREAKIN' MONTHS!!!! That's how long I had to wait.........
And when I cracked open this batch of Ale.......the who damn thing is skunky!!!! GRRRRRRR!!!!!!
Sigh.....
Well, I've done about 23 batches, and this is my 3rd time making this type (a Scottish Ale, nice an smokey!). So I suppose I had to finally have one of my batches go bad on me.
Yuck! Ain't nothing like spoiled beer.
But man o man, I'm mad! That's $35 dollars worth of ingredients down the drain! Literally!
But I know what happened...I had kept these bottles in the dark, as they are clear bottles (not the dark brown I normally use to restrict sunlight as the UV rays will hurt your beer), and I had them in one of my closets. Well about 2 months back, they got pulled out and were in the light. Worse, they were in front of a window where the afternoon sun streams in. For about 4 days while were were gone. I didn't know my wife had pulled them out, else they would have gone back in.
Ah well. Time to go out, get some more, and make another batch.
And I know EXACTLY what I'm going to do with these clear bottles. What I should have done a while ago. Set them up on my land here, and introduce them to Mr. .30-06.....been itching to use the new ammo anyway...can't think of a better reason!
BANG!