I'm down to the last 12-pack of my very first homebrew attempt - an Amber Ale extract-based batch with some speciality grains steeped up front. I brewed & bottled towards the end of November, and I was very happy with how it tasted!
But over the last week, every bottle I've tasted has had a coppery, metallic taste to it. It's not overwhelming, but definitely noticeable and definitely was NOT there before.
Could it be oxidation from poor bottling technique? From what I read that should taste like "wet cardboard" but that's not really what I am tasting now...
I don't think these last bottles happened to be the first or last ones to be bottled. The beer _did_ have a fair bit of chill haze that I assume was due to my poor cold-crashing (don't have a cooler, just an ice bath and wasn't as agressive with the ice as I should have been), but from what I've heard that's more of a cosmetic problem.
It certainly seems to me that this taste only developed after 2-3 months in the bottle.
Does anyone have any ideas on what this taste might be?
TIA
But over the last week, every bottle I've tasted has had a coppery, metallic taste to it. It's not overwhelming, but definitely noticeable and definitely was NOT there before.
Could it be oxidation from poor bottling technique? From what I read that should taste like "wet cardboard" but that's not really what I am tasting now...
I don't think these last bottles happened to be the first or last ones to be bottled. The beer _did_ have a fair bit of chill haze that I assume was due to my poor cold-crashing (don't have a cooler, just an ice bath and wasn't as agressive with the ice as I should have been), but from what I've heard that's more of a cosmetic problem.
It certainly seems to me that this taste only developed after 2-3 months in the bottle.
Does anyone have any ideas on what this taste might be?
TIA