Just kegged a brewers best witbier kit. OG & FG were right on target. Fermented for 3 weeks cold crashed 3 days and force carbed. Does this need to age a bit or maybe just not my style of beer!!! Or it just might be a bad batch Wife says it taste like spoiled tea!!! I never drank spoiled tea so IDK.
Beer taste horrible !!!
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Blue moon is technically a wit bier... Does it taste somewhat like that?
Spoiled tea? Is it biting astringent? Solvent-like? Bitter? If you can try to describe what it tastes like, we can better help.
Many off flavor so improve with time, but not all.
What temp did you ferment at? What yeast and how much? How long did you leave in primary? How long since packaging?
Many off flavor so improve with time, but not all.
What temp did you ferment at? What yeast and how much? How long did you leave in primary? How long since packaging?
What did you use to sanitize your equipment with? And what was your fermentation profile like? 1 packet dry yeast ,,no rehydration? 85 degree ferment etc...
It sounds like a sanitation or fermentation issue but I need more details.
It sounds like a sanitation or fermentation issue but I need more details.
I'm pretty new to brewing so I can't really describe the taste.
Fermented around 62 deg. for 3 weeks in primary no secondary. I used safbrew WB -06 one package that came with kit. It's only been in the keg 24 hours but all my other batches around 10 or so have been great after force carbing. Mostly IPAs & APAs.
Fermented around 62 deg. for 3 weeks in primary no secondary. I used safbrew WB -06 one package that came with kit. It's only been in the keg 24 hours but all my other batches around 10 or so have been great after force carbing. Mostly IPAs & APAs.
I use starsan generously so I'm pretty confident it's not a sanitation issue. Maybe I need to ride it out and see what happens. I got buddies that will drink anything if it's free so it won't go to waste!!! I got 2 more batches fermenting now one is my first AG!!! So no more kits in the near future.
Tell us what was in the kit and walk through your process including the water you are using.
FuzzeWuzze
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This, wheat beers are one of the few beers that get worse as they age because most of the more mellow banana or clove flavors start to disappear and it just tastes super bland. They are best drank asap.
The grains might be the problem. I followed the steep to convert instructions to the T. After I steeped I rinsed the grains with 170 deg sparge water until I got to my full boil volume around 6.5 gallons. Was practicing for all grain sort of!!!
I made that beer from that kit and it turned out awesome.
When I was brewing those kits I followed their directions religiously, I didn't deviate.
9 months later and it's still good.
In the bottle you are supposed to drink the yeast sediment in the bottom, how would you replicate that with a keg, shake it?
PastorofMuppets
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My first wit beer extract kit came out way dark and so yeasty I almost gave up brewing.
Did you use liquid extract and add it beginning of boil? That combined with higher temps on the yeast can cause what you might be referring to.
Did you use liquid extract and add it beginning of boil? That combined with higher temps on the yeast can cause what you might be referring to.
Bad... kit...
What?
Dump all you like, but I'm very skeptical the kit was at fault.
What?
Dump all you like, but I'm very skeptical the kit was at fault.
Yeah, but if you don't know why it's bad, you might inadvertently do it again!
