I tasted my porter today and it has an acidic taste. I had put one bottle in the fridge on Monday just to see if the floaties would clear up, and that didn't work either but no biggie.
The question that I have is that I've read on the forums the "band aid/medicinal" flavors can be caused by chlorine. Since this has dark grains in it, doesn't that affect the PH of the water worse than a say an amber? I have another in the fermentor and I'm not sure if it's going to have the same problem or not. I think I've decided to just use spring water for my next batch to see if I can get a better flavor from it.
Will the plastic taste go away or do I need to dump this?
I also remember that this is the first AG that I did and it was the first time that I used my cooler. Could the plastic flavor be from this and will it lessen as time goes on?
The question that I have is that I've read on the forums the "band aid/medicinal" flavors can be caused by chlorine. Since this has dark grains in it, doesn't that affect the PH of the water worse than a say an amber? I have another in the fermentor and I'm not sure if it's going to have the same problem or not. I think I've decided to just use spring water for my next batch to see if I can get a better flavor from it.
Will the plastic taste go away or do I need to dump this?
I also remember that this is the first AG that I did and it was the first time that I used my cooler. Could the plastic flavor be from this and will it lessen as time goes on?