Holy Bitter beer Batman!!!!

muscleshoalsbrewer · 02-07-2009, 05:08 PM

I took 2 liters of my Brewferm Abby style beer to my parents. It was one of those can kits with yeast under the lid. 4 weeks primary, 5 weeks condition in the bottle. it carbed nicley but man its so bitter you can hardley drink it. Has anyone expierenced this before? What could have caused this? I have tried it at different stages of ageing but its not going away.........

**Nurmey** · 02-07-2009, 05:32 PM

I made that kit way back when and bitter is the last thing I would say about it. Did you use tap water to make it?

**david_42** · 02-07-2009, 06:42 PM

Is this the no-boil kit and did you add any DME?

muscleshoalsbrewer · 02-08-2009, 12:59 AM

yes it was a no boil kit, used corn sugar and tap water, fementation was pretty aggressive for about 48hrs. i used my old mr.beer keg because it was a 9L kit. It just has a very bitter taste. What did yours turn out like Nurmey?

**Nurmey** · 02-08-2009, 02:39 AM

Mine was very smooth with hardly any hops or bitterness to speak of. I used bottled water and the reason I asked is if I use straight tap water beer tastes very bitter and astringent. I have to do a few things to my tap water before it's fit to use in a brew. The other difference is that I used malt extract instead of sugar. I'm not a fan of how brews taste with a ton of sugar added.