BrewBoy19
Well-Known Member
I made a classic american pale ale. left in primary 2 weeks (it called for 1) cold crashed for a little over a week (was sick). bottled and aged 7 days. cracked one to taste it. Carbonation was good, beer tasted good, was very clear. about 10 to 15 seconds after swallowing and thing it was very good, I was suddenly left with a bitter, almost astringant taste. It was weird to me seeing as how it took so long after clearing my mouth before I tasted it. It literally took 15 seconds after swallowing as I was walking out of the kitchen. Any likely reasons for this? I usually filter the hops from my wort when putting in the primary and this time i was in a hurry and forgot and it was left in the primary the whole time; could this have contributed to the problem? I've heard from some that it doesn't matter, since dry hopping doesn't do this. I'm guessing its something I messed up, just don't know what; it was a very smple recipe. I also used DME for carbonation other than that my processes were all the same.
Just weird it taste very good and nice hops flavor and bitterness then after the flaor eaves your mouth bam, nasty after taste.
Just weird it taste very good and nice hops flavor and bitterness then after the flaor eaves your mouth bam, nasty after taste.