GroovePuppy
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Or at least consigned it to longer in bottles to condition than I had planned. The "off flavor" I've been getting is not diminished at 7 weeks old and 4 weeks in bottles. It's not undrinkable just a bad taste in the middle of the whole thing. I plan on giving a few bottles to friends who brew to see if they can diagnose what the flavor is.
I wonder if I burned the extract. It doesn't taste burned per se but I don't know what burnt extract tastes like. I know I didn't turn off the heat when I added the extract. I did it all myself, adding all the extract then stirring it in with heat applied the whole time. I marked the bottom of the pot although it didn't look burned. You can actually see it in the pic of my wort chiller.
Anyway, we'll see how it goes with age. On the other hand I'm so glad I added batch#2 to the pipeline. It already tastes good and even if my first batch gets steadily worse to become undrinkable eventually I'm not disheartened.
I wonder if I burned the extract. It doesn't taste burned per se but I don't know what burnt extract tastes like. I know I didn't turn off the heat when I added the extract. I did it all myself, adding all the extract then stirring it in with heat applied the whole time. I marked the bottom of the pot although it didn't look burned. You can actually see it in the pic of my wort chiller.
Anyway, we'll see how it goes with age. On the other hand I'm so glad I added batch#2 to the pipeline. It already tastes good and even if my first batch gets steadily worse to become undrinkable eventually I'm not disheartened.