Oh hell, I've had my first batch, an american pale ale in bottles for about 7 weeks now. After 3 weeks it had a strong water taste and the carbonation was weak. After 5 weeks, the water taste was still there but slightly improved and the carbonation was better. Now at 7 weeks, the beer is carbonated well, the water taste is still there but improved a little more but now there is a band aid like after taste to it that is very noticeable. It gets harder to drink halfway through the beer because the band aid taste just gets that much more noticeable.
I searched through threads and saw this is a common off-flavor. Just curious what causes this off flavor? I made plenty of small mistakes as this was my first batch so I think the cause could be a number of things. I used the one-step no rinse powder to sanitize from my LHBS. Any thoughts on where this off-flavor comes from? Thanks.
I searched through threads and saw this is a common off-flavor. Just curious what causes this off flavor? I made plenty of small mistakes as this was my first batch so I think the cause could be a number of things. I used the one-step no rinse powder to sanitize from my LHBS. Any thoughts on where this off-flavor comes from? Thanks.