fatbob
Active Member
Just tasted my first & second batches tonight & they both have a bitter after taste that overwhelms the flavor. 1st batch is a extract cream ale. the OG was 1.043 and it finished at 1.011. It was in primary for 10 days and was in secondary for 3 and a half weeks. was in the bottle for 3 and a half weeks.
When we bottled, the beer seemed to come out of the bottling bucket pretty fast, so when I turned the spigot to slow it down it seemed to get air bubbles in it. When we had the valve wide open it didn't get bubbles in it but it seemed to run in the bottles fast enough where they seemed to foam up. We were very careful at every step to have everything sanitary and everything seemed to be going OK. there was no sign of anything being infected.
The second batch was an oatmeal stout, also an extract kit. It was in the primary for over 3 and a half weeks then racked to bottling bucket the bottled.
I also have a Irish Red Ale in secondary and a Hophead Double IPA in primary. I know that these won't taste like a BMC but these are a very bitter taste that I can Smell when I open the bottle. Any help or advice will be appreciated. I'm thinking that I may have gotten oxygen into the beer when I bottled and I'm thinking when I bottle again I will have my bottles only a foot or so under the bottling bucket to slow down the flow.
When we bottled, the beer seemed to come out of the bottling bucket pretty fast, so when I turned the spigot to slow it down it seemed to get air bubbles in it. When we had the valve wide open it didn't get bubbles in it but it seemed to run in the bottles fast enough where they seemed to foam up. We were very careful at every step to have everything sanitary and everything seemed to be going OK. there was no sign of anything being infected.
The second batch was an oatmeal stout, also an extract kit. It was in the primary for over 3 and a half weeks then racked to bottling bucket the bottled.
I also have a Irish Red Ale in secondary and a Hophead Double IPA in primary. I know that these won't taste like a BMC but these are a very bitter taste that I can Smell when I open the bottle. Any help or advice will be appreciated. I'm thinking that I may have gotten oxygen into the beer when I bottled and I'm thinking when I bottle again I will have my bottles only a foot or so under the bottling bucket to slow down the flow.