TVarmy
Well-Known Member
I took a sample of my first beer (a citrus hefeweizen which is on the tail end of primary fermentation), and it has a very strong rubber taste. I think it's coming from the yeast. I may have accidentally sucked up some of the (shrinking) krauzen with the sample. Will this flocculate/get digested out as it conditions? The aroma is also very rubbery right now. The smell was citrus-y and banana-like at first.
I'm not planning on dumping it or anything. I just want to know if it was the sign of an infection or anything.
I did use a rubber hose, but it was sanitized and brand new.
The recipe is citrus weizen from the Wheat Beers section, with WLP 300 Hefeweizen yeast.
I'm not planning on dumping it or anything. I just want to know if it was the sign of an infection or anything.
I did use a rubber hose, but it was sanitized and brand new.
The recipe is citrus weizen from the Wheat Beers section, with WLP 300 Hefeweizen yeast.