Arggh, just reracked and did the dry hops. I think I've badly oxidised the brew in reracking - I'd got set up to pipe it out of the spigot on the original FV, only to realise I'd used my FV with a non-standard size spigot, i.e. the bloody pipe didn't fit. I was in a bit of a rush as I've got to pick mini Dave 1 and mini Dave 2 up from after school club shortly so I panicked and just opened the tap and ran it down the side of the new FV. Hello Mr Oxygen...
Anyway, it's tasting not too bad just now, a little bitter still but hopefully that will drop off through secondary / be totally overwhelmed by the off taste I get from exposing all 20 litres to the debilitating effects of O2. At least it'll be a good study in what not to do.
Clutching at straws department: I once had a batch that the spigot started leaking on after 24 hours of fermentation - I quickly sanitised another bucket and literally poured the lot in there and that ended up as one of the best brews I've made. So maybe not all is lost
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