musashi wrote: After testing it, I gave it a smell and have to say, it smelled quite nice. No vinegar smell at all - proper beer smell! I'm pretty pleased with it so far.
Unfortunately, yes I did. Wasn't sure that if it hadn't stopped fermenting, I'd have been on the bog all weekendDitch wrote:Carl; Ye not Seriously trying to tell us ye then slung it down the drain, are ye?!
What a waste of ye first taste of good beer! Rest assured, mate; The stuff about a flock of sparrows? Complete bull. Couple of mouthfuls of even not quite fermented out isn't going to have any noticeable effect on ye system. That trial jar full is considered a perq' of the job! 
I've just tested it again and the reading is still 1006 so looks like it will be getting bottled tomorrow. The trial jar didn't go to waste this time...Ditch wrote:
Anyway, 6 sounds great. If it's reading that for two or three days, ye home and dry ~ only ye won't be dry for long now!
Well done. Now you're a Home Brewer!
Like cooking tasting is an important part of brewing, you can't understand the changes or potential changes unless you do and as Ditch says it ain't gonna kill ya.