Kaz
Well-Known Member
I got started with a Mr. Beer kit a little over 2 years ago. In those 2 years, I've made probably over a dozen Mr. Beer recipes using Mr. Beer HME, UME and different dry and liquid yeasts. Out of all those beers, I would say 1 or 2 have turned out drinkable. My wife describes the off taste that the Mr. Beer beers always have as Worcestershire sauce like? I can never quite put my finger on the off taste myself. I make 5 gallon extract w/grain batches that mostly turn out good and definitely better than MB. I just opened a double brown ale that was fermented in November and bottled in late December, it has this same off taste. Does anyone have any insight into this? I've used Star San to sanitize everything including bottles, I fully take apart the Mr. Beer keg to clean and sanitize, I try to ferment cool (around 65F). I don't know if its is just me or is this a Mr. Beer thing that I just don't like?