Help me figure out what went wrong!
I made a Heady Topper clone following the exact recipe from the epic thread in this forum. It's my third time doing this recipe and the first two time it was amazing.
I put the beer in keg. When it was time to drink I throwed away the first 2 pints. Beer was clear tough. So the third, fourth and fifth were tasting great. But the next day, I got this very strong solvent and astringent taste and aroma from every pint I put through my tap. 3 days later this brew is still tasting like %$?&. Well.. I am tempted of just throwing it away tonight.
I am not sure how to describe the taste. It's a really pungent acidic solvent / green aroma taste.. It even cover the hop aroma I should get from a Heady. I first tough it was infection. But the bear is clear and and there's no sign of any putrefaction.
Here a summary of what I done :
What went wrong? Should I throw it?
.
I made a Heady Topper clone following the exact recipe from the epic thread in this forum. It's my third time doing this recipe and the first two time it was amazing.
I put the beer in keg. When it was time to drink I throwed away the first 2 pints. Beer was clear tough. So the third, fourth and fifth were tasting great. But the next day, I got this very strong solvent and astringent taste and aroma from every pint I put through my tap. 3 days later this brew is still tasting like %$?&. Well.. I am tempted of just throwing it away tonight.
I am not sure how to describe the taste. It's a really pungent acidic solvent / green aroma taste.. It even cover the hop aroma I should get from a Heady. I first tough it was infection. But the bear is clear and and there's no sign of any putrefaction.
Here a summary of what I done :
- Pitch the yeast at 73F with a big starter (summer temp were a bit high on my first floor) and add a clarity ferm tube
- Put the beer in the basement at 70F
- 1 hour later it was fermenting!
- Let do it's thinkg in the basement at 67-69F for 2 weeks
- Finish it 1 week at 70-72 while dry hopping the last 4 days
- Cold crash 2 days, put it to keg with the last dry hops addition
- 6 days later I tasted it for the first time
What went wrong? Should I throw it?
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