I made a Fat Tire clone and Yooper's cream ale. The Fat Tire clone had a real apple smell and taste to it. That one I know fermented too high. Yooper's cream ale I though I did a good job at keeping the temp low. I used a yeast starter and kept temps down in the lower 60s. Both brews I did use my buddy's tap water. I tasted the water itself and I couldn't taste anything bad. I drink that water all the time.
The cream ale isn't all that appley but you I can definitely sense a little.
Besides high fermentation temp, what would cause this off flavor?
The cream ale isn't all that appley but you I can definitely sense a little.
Besides high fermentation temp, what would cause this off flavor?