Zymurgrafi
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Okay, I need help. Give it too me straight, I can take it. I have done 3 all grain batches now and the first 2 SUCKED! I still do not know what is wring with them but they both have the same off flavor/aroma. The first is the worst and has gotten progressively worse, the second tastes and sells like the first did when I first tried it.
I won't try and describe them fully unless that is neceesary, cause i tried in another post and could not figure it out. Suffice it too say they both started out with a methane (farty) gas smell, and the older one now tastes like, well, the first thing that came to mind was rubber. The weird thing is my 3rd batch is INCREDIBLE! Delicious. The only difference I can see right now is the malt.
I bought my first sack o' marris otter malt earlier this summer. That is what I brewed these bad ones with. I got it at my LHBS. The 3rd batch (good batch) a scottish ale I brewed with some golden promise I bought from Midwest homebrewing.
I am completely able to accept that I screwed up the first 2, but I really do not want to brew another bad batch if it was the malt and not me. Any ideas here? How do I know if my malt is bad without brewing another bad batch. I would rather be out the $35 for the bad grain than waste time brewing with it if it is bad. How can you tell what you got. Oh, and there was a slight weirdness when I bought it. The guy claimed he needed to put 2 bags together thus the reason the bag said crystal malt and not MO. He was not the usual guy and I am not wholly postive he knew anything about beer ingredients (my LHBS is also an AGWAY)
I won't try and describe them fully unless that is neceesary, cause i tried in another post and could not figure it out. Suffice it too say they both started out with a methane (farty) gas smell, and the older one now tastes like, well, the first thing that came to mind was rubber. The weird thing is my 3rd batch is INCREDIBLE! Delicious. The only difference I can see right now is the malt.
I bought my first sack o' marris otter malt earlier this summer. That is what I brewed these bad ones with. I got it at my LHBS. The 3rd batch (good batch) a scottish ale I brewed with some golden promise I bought from Midwest homebrewing.
I am completely able to accept that I screwed up the first 2, but I really do not want to brew another bad batch if it was the malt and not me. Any ideas here? How do I know if my malt is bad without brewing another bad batch. I would rather be out the $35 for the bad grain than waste time brewing with it if it is bad. How can you tell what you got. Oh, and there was a slight weirdness when I bought it. The guy claimed he needed to put 2 bags together thus the reason the bag said crystal malt and not MO. He was not the usual guy and I am not wholly postive he knew anything about beer ingredients (my LHBS is also an AGWAY)