mlucia
New Member
I'll try to keep this short - I brewed for 3-4 years about 10 years ago... divorce, move, blah-blah
My new wife asked me to brew for Christmas last year, which I did with an extract kit and bottled it - very very nice beer. Had another couple of decent beers, both AG and extract, everything else has been kegged.
The last 4 batches have had a very bitter taste that lingers on the back of the tongue, and renders the beer pretty much un-drinkable. I'll have a glass now and again, only to get irritated at the lingering bitterness.
I tried all of the following:
water from 3 different sources, one of which was bottled water.. all of which tested with no chlorine
a couple of extract kits, from two different places
going back to all of the equipment I used 10 years ago (I've since improved my rig)
reducing the hops significantly
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I believe I've narrowed it down to one of two things
1. My use of "One Step" sanitizer - I used to use iodphor
2. a bad bottle of CO2
Anyone????
Thanks
My new wife asked me to brew for Christmas last year, which I did with an extract kit and bottled it - very very nice beer. Had another couple of decent beers, both AG and extract, everything else has been kegged.
The last 4 batches have had a very bitter taste that lingers on the back of the tongue, and renders the beer pretty much un-drinkable. I'll have a glass now and again, only to get irritated at the lingering bitterness.
I tried all of the following:
water from 3 different sources, one of which was bottled water.. all of which tested with no chlorine
a couple of extract kits, from two different places
going back to all of the equipment I used 10 years ago (I've since improved my rig)
reducing the hops significantly
--------------------------
I believe I've narrowed it down to one of two things
1. My use of "One Step" sanitizer - I used to use iodphor
2. a bad bottle of CO2
Anyone????
Thanks