vincanis
Active Member
Hello everyone,
I've recently switched over to kegging and I've been having some off flavors. I used to bottle and never really had any problems but I've gone through two batches that have had the same off taste. Originally I thought my first batch got infected but the most recent one also has the same off flavor.
I'm fairly certain that it has something to do with my CO2 and I'm not sure whether it's too much CO2 or bad CO2. The only way I can really describe the taste is Cider-y. The first batch was a fest beer and the last one I did was a Hefe. Everything smelled and tasted great until kegging and I'm sure I disassembled everything and sanitized. With the Hefe I pretty much soaked everything in StarSan for at least an hour and used aluminum foil sprayed with StarSan to cover any openings while transferring to kegs.
I have tried carbonating water and it has the same taste but I still can't determine whether it's Carbonic Acid or bad CO2. One other thing to note is that I am using 2.5 gal kegs and not a 5 gal.
I believe with the first batch I went to 20 psi to force carb, and then 10 psi to serve. On the hefe I pressurized to 15PSI to get a seal set and then reduced to 3 or 4 psi immediately and let it carb slowly and serve.
Anyone have an opinion on what it may be?
I've recently switched over to kegging and I've been having some off flavors. I used to bottle and never really had any problems but I've gone through two batches that have had the same off taste. Originally I thought my first batch got infected but the most recent one also has the same off flavor.
I'm fairly certain that it has something to do with my CO2 and I'm not sure whether it's too much CO2 or bad CO2. The only way I can really describe the taste is Cider-y. The first batch was a fest beer and the last one I did was a Hefe. Everything smelled and tasted great until kegging and I'm sure I disassembled everything and sanitized. With the Hefe I pretty much soaked everything in StarSan for at least an hour and used aluminum foil sprayed with StarSan to cover any openings while transferring to kegs.
I have tried carbonating water and it has the same taste but I still can't determine whether it's Carbonic Acid or bad CO2. One other thing to note is that I am using 2.5 gal kegs and not a 5 gal.
I believe with the first batch I went to 20 psi to force carb, and then 10 psi to serve. On the hefe I pressurized to 15PSI to get a seal set and then reduced to 3 or 4 psi immediately and let it carb slowly and serve.
Anyone have an opinion on what it may be?