I've made many great light beers, wheat beers and/or pale ales.
In my 3 attempts at dark beers (1 porter and 2 dark nut browns) I notice a really weird off taste. It's not undrinkable or foul, but the taste is unacceptable when I compare it with lighter beers I've made. The dark beer recipes contain chocolate malt and general darker malts.
I always use my tap water for mashing - so I'm guessing I can fix the problem by mashing with spring water? Any other reason why my darker beers have not been successful? Do they need more conditioning time?
In my 3 attempts at dark beers (1 porter and 2 dark nut browns) I notice a really weird off taste. It's not undrinkable or foul, but the taste is unacceptable when I compare it with lighter beers I've made. The dark beer recipes contain chocolate malt and general darker malts.
I always use my tap water for mashing - so I'm guessing I can fix the problem by mashing with spring water? Any other reason why my darker beers have not been successful? Do they need more conditioning time?