Yankeehillbrewer
Well-Known Member
My last two batches of Pale Ale have gone south on me. Both have had this nasty, soapy taste(Autolysis Maybe??) that only gets worse with time. I had one a couple weeks ago, and it was very noticable. Then I had one last night and it just about made me puke. I'm attributing it to bad yeast. I washed some WLP004 a while back and I've used it in both batches. The first time I thought it just fermented too warm, but now I'm pretty sure it yeast. BUT...I've used that same yeast in my Oatmeal Stout and it came out excellent, I'm thinking that the issue is there but the Roasted Barley is masking it.
Anyhow, just frustrated and felt like venting a little. I should have chucked the yeast after the first bad batch. Saving 7 bones isn't worth a bad batch, but hindsight is always 20/20.
Anyhow, just frustrated and felt like venting a little. I should have chucked the yeast after the first bad batch. Saving 7 bones isn't worth a bad batch, but hindsight is always 20/20.