dsdrake219
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im going to try to keep this short.
Background: i have brewed well over 100 batches (most were successful). i have been brewing for about 7 years, its been on and off. one of my last batches i had brewed in my last period of brewing had a soapy flavor, it was a very hoppy ale that was racked onto a yeast cake and the soap did not age out and it was strong. i do not know why this happened, it was very oxygenated.
Recently i started back up(i have been busy but wanted to brew some more so for time sake i have been trying to develop a process of speeding the process up,
I have 4 batches as i have been improving the technique
the first was a coopers canned IPA aside from generally not being that great it had no off flavors.
the next was another ipa can with some boiled hop tea added and it was racked ontop of the yeast cake. this one has some soap flavor to it (note the first beer only fermented for 7 days.)
the next one was light dme and hop teas., it went onto the yeast cake (i had not tasted the soapy flavor at this point)
but after brew 4 on yet the same cake, (this was going to be the last beer on said cake)i have tasted brew #2 and its soapy..
my notes:
this has happened only when pitching onto the cake which i am sure to be generally safe
This has only happened with hoppy beers but i have never tasted it in hoppy beers before.. they are my favorite.
I DID stop smoking around the time of the first soapy batch and maybe i am now sensitive to soapy flavors from the hops.. (i still drink craft ipa's and they are fine (the homebrew is VERY young still while the 1st soapy batch aged for about 6 months in bottles and never went away.)
Sorry for rambling and run on sentences..
any help or input would be great, i have scoured the internet looking for answers and havnt had much luck
Its not old yeast.
There is plenty of oxygen
i can give more info about my process but i know many people will probably have issues with my methods. Like i said im trying to keep my brew days fast and cheap
Oh, and all of these last 4 batches have been OG 1.042 FG about 1.006
Background: i have brewed well over 100 batches (most were successful). i have been brewing for about 7 years, its been on and off. one of my last batches i had brewed in my last period of brewing had a soapy flavor, it was a very hoppy ale that was racked onto a yeast cake and the soap did not age out and it was strong. i do not know why this happened, it was very oxygenated.
Recently i started back up(i have been busy but wanted to brew some more so for time sake i have been trying to develop a process of speeding the process up,
I have 4 batches as i have been improving the technique
the first was a coopers canned IPA aside from generally not being that great it had no off flavors.
the next was another ipa can with some boiled hop tea added and it was racked ontop of the yeast cake. this one has some soap flavor to it (note the first beer only fermented for 7 days.)
the next one was light dme and hop teas., it went onto the yeast cake (i had not tasted the soapy flavor at this point)
but after brew 4 on yet the same cake, (this was going to be the last beer on said cake)i have tasted brew #2 and its soapy..
my notes:
this has happened only when pitching onto the cake which i am sure to be generally safe
This has only happened with hoppy beers but i have never tasted it in hoppy beers before.. they are my favorite.
I DID stop smoking around the time of the first soapy batch and maybe i am now sensitive to soapy flavors from the hops.. (i still drink craft ipa's and they are fine (the homebrew is VERY young still while the 1st soapy batch aged for about 6 months in bottles and never went away.)
Sorry for rambling and run on sentences..
any help or input would be great, i have scoured the internet looking for answers and havnt had much luck
Its not old yeast.
There is plenty of oxygen
i can give more info about my process but i know many people will probably have issues with my methods. Like i said im trying to keep my brew days fast and cheap
Oh, and all of these last 4 batches have been OG 1.042 FG about 1.006