SouthernMaineBrewing
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So I purchased this recipe kit from Northern Brewer and took a gravity reading yesterday. My O.G was 1.045 (.007 below what I should have gotten) and my gravity when tested yesterday was 1.010.
I'm using wyeast 1214. My mash and sparging temps met the recipe criteria, 149 and 170, respectively.
I'm fermenting in a 6 gallon Better Bottle plastic carboy and I used bottled spring water for my mash and boil.
Fermentation temps have reached 72 F and may have gone a degree or two higher in the day (I work 8-5) and couldn't keep track of it.
My question/concern:
I sampled my gravity testing leftovers and the beer had a strange, plastic taste on the very back end. The taste lingered after drinking.
I know without providing smell/taste-o-vision over the internet, this will be very hard to diagnose. but do you think the high temps could attribute to this off taste?
In the mean time, I am getting a city water report, as I cleaned and sanitized (star-san) with city water.
I'm using wyeast 1214. My mash and sparging temps met the recipe criteria, 149 and 170, respectively.
I'm fermenting in a 6 gallon Better Bottle plastic carboy and I used bottled spring water for my mash and boil.
Fermentation temps have reached 72 F and may have gone a degree or two higher in the day (I work 8-5) and couldn't keep track of it.
My question/concern:
I sampled my gravity testing leftovers and the beer had a strange, plastic taste on the very back end. The taste lingered after drinking.
I know without providing smell/taste-o-vision over the internet, this will be very hard to diagnose. but do you think the high temps could attribute to this off taste?
In the mean time, I am getting a city water report, as I cleaned and sanitized (star-san) with city water.