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Hi there people i made. Odka before turned our perfect so i bought same kit again started doing it and the vodka has gone really thick what do this mean please help me :/ i can email u a vid of how thick it is just need some body to help me isit fermenting properly i jave followed the instructions it did leak a few times but it really thicknplease help me

It's difficult to diagnose anything over the internet but your booze sounds like it has a pediococcus infection and has gone ropy.

http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Pedioco ... ck.22_Beer

Does it taste sour?

Bit late I know, but I would say yeast has not worked, I would try racking into a clean demijohn then adding another yeast.

thick isnt a description you hear regularly about a brew.. the 2 tools used usually to help determine progress of a brew are a hydrometer and taste buds.

a 'thick' liquid may not provide a reliable hydrometer reading and if outside expected values you can safely assume its gone way bad.