Slightly new to brewing. The last 4 batches I have made have all been good, but they all have "that taste" that I cant figure out. I dont know how to explain the taste other than it makes you want to smack your tongue off the back of your mouth (in a odd, somewhat bad way).
I originally thought that it must be due to oxygenation. So I switched my sanitizer from one of the oxygen sanitizers to starsan as well as took every precaution to limit O2 exposure. I ferment in glass carboys. The "taste" came back.
THen I thought it must be too warm of fermentation. So I fermented the last batch around 64*F with as little fluctuation as possible. The "taste" came back.
Now im thinking its a pH/water quality issue? Thats my next step is to go out and buy some pH strips and obtain a water report from the city of Oakland, CA.
Any more advice? Its hard to explain the taste... kinda sour but not sour (no infection). Almost that "cardboard" taste that some describe with oxygenation, but then again im not sure thats it. My friends think the beer tastes good, but I pick that same "taste" out everytime.
Its defiantly an aftertaste that I am picking out.
I have been using the same yeast strain for all my brews ( Danstar - Nottingham) so that is something I could change as well.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Beers brewed with the taste - Pale ale, Nut Brown ale, pumpkin ale, IPA
I originally thought that it must be due to oxygenation. So I switched my sanitizer from one of the oxygen sanitizers to starsan as well as took every precaution to limit O2 exposure. I ferment in glass carboys. The "taste" came back.
THen I thought it must be too warm of fermentation. So I fermented the last batch around 64*F with as little fluctuation as possible. The "taste" came back.
Now im thinking its a pH/water quality issue? Thats my next step is to go out and buy some pH strips and obtain a water report from the city of Oakland, CA.
Any more advice? Its hard to explain the taste... kinda sour but not sour (no infection). Almost that "cardboard" taste that some describe with oxygenation, but then again im not sure thats it. My friends think the beer tastes good, but I pick that same "taste" out everytime.
Its defiantly an aftertaste that I am picking out.
I have been using the same yeast strain for all my brews ( Danstar - Nottingham) so that is something I could change as well.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Beers brewed with the taste - Pale ale, Nut Brown ale, pumpkin ale, IPA