Grassy flavor in Black IPA

This is my 2nd time brewing and it's a black IPA extract kit from northern brewer. we followed all instructions and the only thing we did differently was dry hopping with 1.5 oz of cascade hops 5 days before going from secondary to bottle. We tasted the beer last night while bottling and agreed that it had a great look and great smell but a grassy taste that just threw it off. I don't know the technical terms but the taste was toward the middle, not the initial taste and not the aftertaste. It is uncarbonated so I am hoping this may help it out a little but I would love to know if anyone has had similar problems. Will the tase change much from now until it is ready to drink in 2 weeks? I have looked through a few places on line but can't seem to find any answers.

Thanks in advance for any help. Cheers!

What hops were used for bittering and flavoring?

Sometimes you can get grassy hop flavors from dry-hopping for too long, but 5 days isn't long enough for that problem to arise (we're talking multiple weeks).

1 oz Summit pellets (60 min)
1 oz Chinook pellets (15 min)
1 oz Centennial pellets (10 min)
1 oz Cascade pellets (5 min)
1 oz Centennial pellets (0 min)
1.5 oz Cascade whole cones dry hopped 5 days before bottling

only thing i can think of is that I squeezed the grain bag out into the wort gently when we removed it. i've read that this is not a good idea because it can leave some tannins in the beer?

Once the beer is conditioned and carbonated it should improve. 1.5oz of dry hop is not a lot and 5 days isn't anywhere near too long a period.

The only thing that may be a possibility would be old, not fresh hops if it doesn't improve.

LopeJuice said:

only thing i can think of is that I squeezed the grain bag out into the wort gently when we removed it. i've read that this is not a good idea because it can leave some tannins in the beer?

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Common misconception. Tannins are extracted by a combination of high pH and high temperature in your mash/steep. Squeeze away!

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I did a blonde a while back that had late addition Centennials. It came out most unpleasant and somewhat grassy. I haven't done a beer with late addition Cents since then...but that is the only common denominator I see with my own personal experience.