cimirie
Well-Known Member
OK, so in my first few batches, I got a very faint flavor that I can only describe as an almost pleasant "plasticy" taste. It was barely noticeable on the front of my tongue. It wasn't unpleasant, but I didn't think it was supposed to be there. I chalked it up to new bottles that I maybe hadn't cleaned out the "new bottle taste" well enough (this of course, has no basis in logic, but it satisfied my newbie mind ). After batch 2 or 3, the flavor stopped showing up in my beers, so I figured it was procedural.
Fast forward a couple years and *bang* here's the taste again. My methods haven't changed (except switching from PM to AG). I pitch at 75*, ferment in a bucket in a swamp cooler that I switch out ice packs twice a day. I always use the same brand water (local filtered water at the same grocery store filling stand). My equipment is the same and the effected batches don't show a pattern (pumpkin ale, wee-heavy scotch ale, amber, and perhaps another that I'm forgetting).
Has anybody else noticed this taste? It doesn't go away with age and as I mentioned, it's not offensive in the least, but it just doesn't seem to belong. I'm so confused!
Fast forward a couple years and *bang* here's the taste again. My methods haven't changed (except switching from PM to AG). I pitch at 75*, ferment in a bucket in a swamp cooler that I switch out ice packs twice a day. I always use the same brand water (local filtered water at the same grocery store filling stand). My equipment is the same and the effected batches don't show a pattern (pumpkin ale, wee-heavy scotch ale, amber, and perhaps another that I'm forgetting).
Has anybody else noticed this taste? It doesn't go away with age and as I mentioned, it's not offensive in the least, but it just doesn't seem to belong. I'm so confused!