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Pbw.

Bell's Porter.

Any brewers brewing with Madison tap water?

lol!!!!

Soapy!

Sorry soap...soupy!

Go taste a bar of soap...literally that's what it taste like.

autolysis, the beer was only in the primary for 14 days. I'm thinking that's not the problem.

So will the soapy taste subside?

Hello all,* Just want to say thanks, this is a great website. I'm currently on my fourth extract batch. My first two are finishing the third week bottle conditioning. One batch is still fermenting, the other is one week in the bottle. I tried all three beers tonight, two of them for the...

One was a California Golden Ale (Extract kit 1056) other was a IPA (Extract Kit 1056). I might have dumped the wert a little warm, oxidation maybe? Both have the same bad taste. Cleaning and Sanitation is as follows. Cleaning with PBW, followed by rinsing. I then submerge in StarSan for 2-5...

So it sound to me like I really have nothing to worry about...I'm just being NOOB?

I had no idea the beer would taste worse after one week in the bottle!

Yes, tasted much better. No chemical taste at all. It was actually flat good tasting beer.

I bottled my first two batches of beer, one week ago (Ales, Extract). I was told that each week the beer ages (while conditioning) I should try one to see how the beer has changed. So I guess my question is after one in the bottle the beers are awful. They both have a chemical after taste and...