jmgbrew

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I just bottled a Belgim Wit beer. Looks great, smells great, but I tasted the beer and it tastes awful. Zero flavor and not a good taste. I allowed it to primary ferment for about 5 days and then siphoned it into a secondary and left it for about 7 days. I waited until the SPG was consistant for about 48-72 Hrs and then bottled. The SPG was 1.014. I cant even discribe the taste. Do I need to wait for carbonation before the taste is okay? or did I just waste my beer? If so, what did I do wrong and can do to learn from this experience?

Thanks alot for your time and happy brewing.

Zen_Brew

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That is a very young beer. Give it some time to age. You said it was 1.014 when you moved to bottle. Ideally you want to allow fermentation to come to completion in the primary. What was the starting gravity?

Most important, I really think you need to give it a couple weeks in the bottle to develope. If you want more relative feedback you'll have to post more about your recipe and brew process. Extract, partial mash, all grain, etc.

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arturo7

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img, welcome to HBT.

Please, allow me to be the first to say to you RDWHAHB.

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justinh85

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Green beer. RDWHAHB. Give it time to mature. Patience is a virtue in this particular practice.

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flyangler18

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Witbier is best fresh, moved to packaging as soon as the ferment is complete. You'll have to give us some information regarding recipe and process before any evaluation is made.

jmgbrew

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Ingrediants:3lb Wheat Dry extract
3.3lb Briess Light Extract
1lb Wheat
.25lb Aromatic malt
1oz Goldings Hops (60min)

Then added Cascade, coriander seed, orange peel (zested) around 15min and then again at 5min.

Starting SPG was 1.053 and finish is 1.014

very bland taste, burns the tongue, not to mention the taste buds

Process: I allowed primary for about 6 days, then secondary fermentation for about 8 days just bottled yesterday and decided to test on the pallet. I had to spit it out Will carbonation in bottle improve the taste, or should I start dumping bottles now?

thanks for the warm welcomes all!

Munsoned

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Never start dumping bottles--time can heal a lot of problems in this hobby!

Give them time to develop. Personally, I don't think you gave the beer enough time to condition in the primary and secondary. I typically let mine primary for 30 days minimum. Then secondary if it's a really heavy or strong beer, or if I need the primary space.

I'd make up your short fermenter conditioning time by letting it sit in the bottles for a while. Pop one in a month and see if it's improved. If so, great. If not, give it another month...

Edit: Also, wait for Revvy's 'leave it alone for awhile' post... It will be informative.

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theguy

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For your next batch, leave it in the primary for longer. I used to leave it in the primary only for 2 weeks, but got some good advice on HBT to leave it in longer (normally a month). My last few batches turned out awesome without any off flavors.

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The Pol

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It burns?

What was the ferment temp? Not the room temp, but the actual ferment temp of the beer?

snailsongs

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Yeah, everybody says wits should be consumed as fresh as possible, but my (albeit limited) experience is that the wit yeast needs a few weeks to clean up it's partially- digested-zuccini-baby-vomit smell......at least, the first time I used it it took a few weeks. I pitched WLP400 on a wit last tuesday and it's still throwing krauesen out of the blow-off here and there today at 72F.....I'm not even going to touch this thing for two more weeks. I have read several accounts of this particular yeast requiring patience to fully-attenuate, and if I followed your schedule I'd have transferred to secondary yesterday.....so, I think you bottled way too early, and hopefully you've dodged bottle bombs.....let it sit for a couple weeks before you try it again. I bet it will be better.