Chuu
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For my first brew I did a SNPA extract Clone from Austin brew Supply. There's something slightly off. I smelled this in the fermenter as it was in the primary a little. It is a slight plastic/maybe even rubbery taste.
I did not have a hydrometer at the time so I went by visuals to figure out if fermenting was done. It sat in a fermenting bucket in a larger bucket with water and frozen water bottles to keep it at about 65 for 2 weeks then to a glass carboy for another 2 at the same temperature. Then bottled and have been in the bottle for 2 weeks.
Color and smell of the brew are spot on with SNPA and its nice and clear with plenty of head retention and a little under carbonated (to be expected though at 12 days). Taste starts off fine but finishes with a harsh almost chemically rubber taste.
Any ideas on what it could be?
Edit: also, the taste mellows slightly when the beer warms a bit.
I did not have a hydrometer at the time so I went by visuals to figure out if fermenting was done. It sat in a fermenting bucket in a larger bucket with water and frozen water bottles to keep it at about 65 for 2 weeks then to a glass carboy for another 2 at the same temperature. Then bottled and have been in the bottle for 2 weeks.
Color and smell of the brew are spot on with SNPA and its nice and clear with plenty of head retention and a little under carbonated (to be expected though at 12 days). Taste starts off fine but finishes with a harsh almost chemically rubber taste.
Any ideas on what it could be?
Edit: also, the taste mellows slightly when the beer warms a bit.