the_wrath_of_Khan
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So I brewed my first batch of Triple Hopped Ale for William's Brewing http://www.williamsbrewing.com/TRIPLE_HOPPED_ALE_P298C183.cfm over the last month. It fermented vigorously and I saw no mold. I was impatient, I won't be again, and I bottled the beer at 7 days instead of 14 as the instructions stated. I did check the gravity to make sure my bottles wouldn't explode and if I remember right it was 1.014 or so. After bottling the beer I tasted what was left in my priming tank and it was very bitter and tasted a little like cough syrup. I got very worried.
So I opened my first beer after 7 days in the bottle, again too early. Too me it tastes okay, but very, very bitter. Does this bitterness mean that I had a bacterial infection? I used bleach and some of William's BREWER'S EDGE CLEANSER. I no longer taste the medicine flavor but I had my Japanese relatives over for Thanksgiving last night and they all were eager to try my beer. My sister-in-law described the beer as くすり or medicine tasting; however, again it just tastes bitter to me. One of my friends that introduced me to home brewing said he thinks it is fine, but he is by no means an expert.
So my main question is did I screw something up or is this the way the beer should taste? Thanks in advance.
So I opened my first beer after 7 days in the bottle, again too early. Too me it tastes okay, but very, very bitter. Does this bitterness mean that I had a bacterial infection? I used bleach and some of William's BREWER'S EDGE CLEANSER. I no longer taste the medicine flavor but I had my Japanese relatives over for Thanksgiving last night and they all were eager to try my beer. My sister-in-law described the beer as くすり or medicine tasting; however, again it just tastes bitter to me. One of my friends that introduced me to home brewing said he thinks it is fine, but he is by no means an expert.
So my main question is did I screw something up or is this the way the beer should taste? Thanks in advance.