cincybrewer
Well-Known Member
So I brewed a Northern Brewer Carribou Slobber and Altbier with a week of each other back in November (11/21 and 11/27, respectively). In the altbier I used a store bought drinking water and the other I used my tap water. Both were full boil in my aluminum pot. Kegged both on 12/18 and both still have some sort of metallic/acidic/carbonic/bitter taste to them. Obviously by those descriptions I don't have a mature palette but there is some sort of bite to the beers that makes both taste bad. I can't figure out what it could be though. Everything was cleaned and sanitized and it doesn't taste infected. I used liquid yeast on both but didn't do a starter so maybe that's it? I fermented both around 60 degrees. Any ideas for what my problem might be? Below are the recipes. I'm stumped and quite upset that these aren't good at all. Maybe it needs more time but I feel like two months it should at least taste decent.
Brown Ale:
1.00 lb Amber Dry Extract
6.00 lb Amber Liquid Extract
0.25 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt
0.25 lb Chocolate Malt
0.13 lb Black (Patent) Malt
0.75 oz Goldings, B.C. [4.50 %] (60 min)
0.75 oz Liberty [3.90 %] (45 min)
1.00 oz Williamette [4.70 %] (15 min)
1 Pkgs Northwest Ale (Wyeast Labs #1332) Yeast-Ale
*added DME after a boil was reached and added LME at flameout.
Altbier:
1.00 lb Amber Dry Extract
6.00 lb Munich Liquid Extract
1.00 lb Caramunich II
0.50 oz Pearle [7.80 %] (60 min)
0.50 oz Pearle [7.80 %] (45 min)
1.00 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [2.30 %] (15 min)
1 Pkgs German Ale (Wyeast Labs #1007) Yeast-Ale
*added DME after a boil was reached and added LME with 15 minutes left. (I think)
Brown Ale:
1.00 lb Amber Dry Extract
6.00 lb Amber Liquid Extract
0.25 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt
0.25 lb Chocolate Malt
0.13 lb Black (Patent) Malt
0.75 oz Goldings, B.C. [4.50 %] (60 min)
0.75 oz Liberty [3.90 %] (45 min)
1.00 oz Williamette [4.70 %] (15 min)
1 Pkgs Northwest Ale (Wyeast Labs #1332) Yeast-Ale
*added DME after a boil was reached and added LME at flameout.
Altbier:
1.00 lb Amber Dry Extract
6.00 lb Munich Liquid Extract
1.00 lb Caramunich II
0.50 oz Pearle [7.80 %] (60 min)
0.50 oz Pearle [7.80 %] (45 min)
1.00 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [2.30 %] (15 min)
1 Pkgs German Ale (Wyeast Labs #1007) Yeast-Ale
*added DME after a boil was reached and added LME with 15 minutes left. (I think)