So after entering 3 brews into a competition and receiving the judging sheet, i am beginning to think that something in my process is causing off flavors due to oxidation ( because that is what they said).
I was not really sure what to look for and how to taste off flavors due to oxidation, until tonight. I am relatively new to brewing started around sept i think, but anyway i cracked open an imperial ipa with dinner and started to notice an off flavor that i had tasted in some of my other beers. At first i thought i was drinking a different beer due to the off flavor but then realized that this might be caused by oxidation.
I have been racking my beer to 2ndary ferm for most of my pales and ipas some for dry hopping and others just because i thought that was the way to go (started with papazians book). After some recent research on the 2ndary debate i am going to try and not use a 2ndary unless dry hopping to see if that changes anything.
I am using a 6 gal glass carboy for 2ndary and there is usually a good amount of airspace in the carboy. Could this be one reason why i am having problems with oxidation? And do you have any suggestions to reduce oxidation? would those oxygen caps help?
please help me make my beer taste better!!
I was not really sure what to look for and how to taste off flavors due to oxidation, until tonight. I am relatively new to brewing started around sept i think, but anyway i cracked open an imperial ipa with dinner and started to notice an off flavor that i had tasted in some of my other beers. At first i thought i was drinking a different beer due to the off flavor but then realized that this might be caused by oxidation.
I have been racking my beer to 2ndary ferm for most of my pales and ipas some for dry hopping and others just because i thought that was the way to go (started with papazians book). After some recent research on the 2ndary debate i am going to try and not use a 2ndary unless dry hopping to see if that changes anything.
I am using a 6 gal glass carboy for 2ndary and there is usually a good amount of airspace in the carboy. Could this be one reason why i am having problems with oxidation? And do you have any suggestions to reduce oxidation? would those oxygen caps help?
please help me make my beer taste better!!