dasBuhbuh
Well-Known Member
so I have made 3 meads over the past year, all from Northern Brewer. the first was their artisinal semi-sweet. It tastes thin and plastic-y - nothing like commerical meads i have tried. the second was their raspberry melomel which is just fine. the third was their hydromel, but that tastes just like the first one. the first mead was made (accidentally - forgot about the chloramine) with Philadelphia city tap water. The other two were made with bottled spring water from a place in NE Pennsylvania. Each one spent about a month in a plastic primary and a few months in a glass carboy. i figure the melomel doesnt have the taste since the raspberry is masking it enough. as they age (as MONTHS pass, not just weeks), the plastic taste just gets stronger. i mean even my ex-roommate who would drink anything including outright infected beer wont drink it. its incredibly depressing to be spending this much money for undrinkable mead...
so what do you guys think? any idea on the cause? i had heard chlorine and chloramine could cause that kind of flavor but ive never been sure.
so what do you guys think? any idea on the cause? i had heard chlorine and chloramine could cause that kind of flavor but ive never been sure.