straylight77
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I bottled my first batch just over a week ago (I did a simple Fest Brew to get used to the process, etc). Long story short: I think my auto-siphon was faulty and had a leak in the gasket (between the inner and outer tubes). I had lots of bubbles in the line while I was racking to my priming bucket.
I tried a bottle last night. About 10 days of bottle conditioning -- I know it's early, I wanted to sample them to see how much the taste changes during conditioning. There were some pretty off flavours. I can't really tell if they were just "green" flavours, or yeasty or the wet cardboard / soapy flavours that I understand mean the beer is oxidized. I'm sure I made lots of other mistakes considering this is my first batch, but I'm worried about all that air while I was bottling.
So my question is: what type of things can bottle conditioning fix? Do I just need to wait it out or be prepared for some disappointment?
I tried a bottle last night. About 10 days of bottle conditioning -- I know it's early, I wanted to sample them to see how much the taste changes during conditioning. There were some pretty off flavours. I can't really tell if they were just "green" flavours, or yeasty or the wet cardboard / soapy flavours that I understand mean the beer is oxidized. I'm sure I made lots of other mistakes considering this is my first batch, but I'm worried about all that air while I was bottling.
So my question is: what type of things can bottle conditioning fix? Do I just need to wait it out or be prepared for some disappointment?