cmmcdonn
Active Member
Hi all. This is thread is half question, half rant. I know the answer will most likely be "wait and see".
SWMBO wanted to help bottle my latest beer. It was an imperial brown that was bulk aged for 6 weeks then oaked for 6 days with bourbon soaked chips. Tasted great.
On bottling day, SWMBO misread the 1oz vanilla extract on my beersmith printout as 1 bottle (4oz). The beer now has a very off flavor. I've never tasted beer with an acetaldehyde problem, but it does have a similar green apple phenolic type taste. I cannot blame anything other than the vanilla extract for the issue because it tasted just fine before hand.
I know vanilla will mellow, but this much? I don't even taste vanilla at this point, just awfulness. This brings me back to the first time I saw my mom making cookies and saw vanilla extract and decided to take a big gulp.
I'm not even considering dumping it, just wondering.
Also, it has been 2.5 months since bottling.
SWMBO wanted to help bottle my latest beer. It was an imperial brown that was bulk aged for 6 weeks then oaked for 6 days with bourbon soaked chips. Tasted great.
On bottling day, SWMBO misread the 1oz vanilla extract on my beersmith printout as 1 bottle (4oz). The beer now has a very off flavor. I've never tasted beer with an acetaldehyde problem, but it does have a similar green apple phenolic type taste. I cannot blame anything other than the vanilla extract for the issue because it tasted just fine before hand.
I know vanilla will mellow, but this much? I don't even taste vanilla at this point, just awfulness. This brings me back to the first time I saw my mom making cookies and saw vanilla extract and decided to take a big gulp.
I'm not even considering dumping it, just wondering.
Also, it has been 2.5 months since bottling.