Noob question

my first try at flat tire from Midwest. Did my best to follow directions as written. Checked the OG and fg and they are in range. Decided to taste the sample and can't describe the taste????? Not a good one to me, not fat tire yet that's for sure. 2 weeks today since brew day... Maybe just a little early, I'm impatient as hell though... Just concerned cause the first batch I made tasted similar after a month or so although it was a one gallon kit of an iPa of some sort. Straight garbage for me... Wondering what it should taste like after 2 weeks??.?.?.?.? Help?

It should taste like decent flat beer by the time you go to bottle it.

What kind of bad flavors are you picking up?

I can't describe the taste, nothing that that John fellow describes fits!!! In the how to brew book

are you controlling fermentation temperature?

Sweet, well, sweeter than the fat tire for sure

Trying to, got cold one night and I had to get it back in the 65-68 range

hmmm, did you have stable FG readings over three days? what was the FG?

1.012

weird that it'd taste sweet. did you taste it after adding the priming sugar?

No priming sugar, keg.

What yeast did you use? Midwest peddles muntons in some of their kits and that yeast gives off fusels and esters in the high 60s...not to mention your fermentation probably kicked it over 70 but... Do you remember? Or did you use the belgian abbey option?

Will waiting a week help? Recommended temp to store for the time being?

Put 40psi on it, purged, earlier, then redid it and shot a little out the line and tasted just weird, sweet and not like fat tire

Dry yeast

S-04?????

yeah, i'd venture to guess that it's a green beer flavor. time will surely help out with that.

s-04 should be fine...might just be too new... give it a little...

Would the yeast off the bottom of keg mess with it?

klay23 said:

Would the yeast off the bottom of keg mess with it?

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once the yeast drops to the bottom of the keg, you should run off that cloudy first pint or two (sometimes more), then try the beer.

Can someone describe a green beer taste?

tart, undeveloped 'beer' flavor. maybe a bit bitter, or hopper than expected. yeasty. it's hard to pinpoint, really, you just get used to that 'green' flavor.

Green beer tastes like every flavor is standing in the corner of a cold room. When it's ready, they all huddle nice and warm in the middle.

Spintab said:

Green beer tastes like every flavor is standing in the corner of a cold room. When it's ready, they all huddle nice and warm in the middle.

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Do you write poetry? Cuz that was beautiful. Brought a single tear to my eye.

I think green beer (in my opinion) tastes a little like sour baking apples.

Fizzycist said:

Do you write poetry? Cuz that was beautiful. Brought a single tear to my eye.

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Heh, thanks. Not a poet but I guess words are kinda fun sometimes. I have this thing about picturing everything as people too, weird maybe.