Tankard
Well-Known Member
Brewed Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde on 6/18. Bottled it on 7/2. Drank one on 7/11. I know it's still early, but I am detecting the same "flavor" I had on my last brew, which was an extact red ale.
Overall, I'm impressed by the beer. It is CLEAR! I've never had a clear beer yet, but this one looks like a Budweiser. It is light, but it has a nice sweet/spicy balance to it, which is what I expected thanks to Biermuncher's description. For a first AG attempt, I am definitely happy.
However, I can't pin down this off-flavor. I had it previously tagged as "extract twang" but obviously it can't be that now that I've gone to AG. I don't think it's cardboard, since I never aerated the beer while it was hot. I was very careful with placing the tubing toward the bottom so that splashing would not occur.
I placed the carboy in a bucket of ice water with a wet towel placed over it on the second day of fermentation (which I realize was a day late). After fermentation is complete, I put the bottles under a towel with a fan running under the towel 24/7 for the 9 days since bottling day.
If this flavor is caused by high fermentation temperatures, what should I look out for? What is the common flavor that occurs when fermentation is too hot? It's hard to describe this flavor, but it is very heavy in the aftertaste. If I HAD to pick one of the common off-flavors listed on this site, it would be cardboard, but it really doesn't taste like cardboard to me. I'm really trying to get a homebrew that doesn't have that "homebrewed" taste. If it wasn't for this subtle aftertaste, this would have been a 100% success.
I know I will get many "it's not ready" posts, but I doubt this flavor is going to go away in the matter of a week or two. I had the same thing happen with my last batch and the flavor never went away.
Overall, I'm impressed by the beer. It is CLEAR! I've never had a clear beer yet, but this one looks like a Budweiser. It is light, but it has a nice sweet/spicy balance to it, which is what I expected thanks to Biermuncher's description. For a first AG attempt, I am definitely happy.
However, I can't pin down this off-flavor. I had it previously tagged as "extract twang" but obviously it can't be that now that I've gone to AG. I don't think it's cardboard, since I never aerated the beer while it was hot. I was very careful with placing the tubing toward the bottom so that splashing would not occur.
I placed the carboy in a bucket of ice water with a wet towel placed over it on the second day of fermentation (which I realize was a day late). After fermentation is complete, I put the bottles under a towel with a fan running under the towel 24/7 for the 9 days since bottling day.
If this flavor is caused by high fermentation temperatures, what should I look out for? What is the common flavor that occurs when fermentation is too hot? It's hard to describe this flavor, but it is very heavy in the aftertaste. If I HAD to pick one of the common off-flavors listed on this site, it would be cardboard, but it really doesn't taste like cardboard to me. I'm really trying to get a homebrew that doesn't have that "homebrewed" taste. If it wasn't for this subtle aftertaste, this would have been a 100% success.
I know I will get many "it's not ready" posts, but I doubt this flavor is going to go away in the matter of a week or two. I had the same thing happen with my last batch and the flavor never went away.