temptnmonkey
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So I made my first "big beer" -- a double IPA (from extract, w/ loads of Columbus and Citra).
Everything went as planned. Tasted good pre and post fermentation. during bottling, it tasted delicious. OG was 1.078 with a FG of 1.019 (about 3 weeks in a primary).
After cracking one open after about 2 and a half weeks in the bottle, I noticed a strong solventy smell/taste that I'd equate to rubber cement (my wife suggested more of a nail polish remover). The hop flavor is awesome, but the background solventy flavor is rather peculiar (mostly because it had zero trace of it when I bottled). I don't think it is fusel alcohols because it should have been there during bottling (right?), and the beer doesn't feel very hot on the tongue, but who knows.
Any ideas what this might be?
Everything went as planned. Tasted good pre and post fermentation. during bottling, it tasted delicious. OG was 1.078 with a FG of 1.019 (about 3 weeks in a primary).
After cracking one open after about 2 and a half weeks in the bottle, I noticed a strong solventy smell/taste that I'd equate to rubber cement (my wife suggested more of a nail polish remover). The hop flavor is awesome, but the background solventy flavor is rather peculiar (mostly because it had zero trace of it when I bottled). I don't think it is fusel alcohols because it should have been there during bottling (right?), and the beer doesn't feel very hot on the tongue, but who knows.
Any ideas what this might be?