adamhimself
Well-Known Member
So, I decided to crack open my first beer after being the in the bottle for 2 weeks. It was an Irish Red Ale from Midwest Supplies. It used simple Amber LME and some grains. I don't remember the hops I used, but it was like only one ounce, not much.
The beer looks ok after pouring. It has carbonation, but very very low head retention. It smells ok, nothing amazing... but OK. I hit my OG and FG.
But, the problem is... it just doesn't taste that great. I mean its not undrinkable but it seems slightly watery, it leaves kind of a slimey/film like flavor in the mouth. The flavor is very lacking. I want to write it off to Munton's dry yeast and almost purely Amber LME, but it just seems lacking to me.
It got decent reviews on Midwest Supplies website, but to me... it just isn't that great. I drank it last week. It was 2 weeks in the bottle. I might drink another one tonight to see how 3 weeks has done on it.
But, what might have caused this neutral flavor?
The beer looks ok after pouring. It has carbonation, but very very low head retention. It smells ok, nothing amazing... but OK. I hit my OG and FG.
But, the problem is... it just doesn't taste that great. I mean its not undrinkable but it seems slightly watery, it leaves kind of a slimey/film like flavor in the mouth. The flavor is very lacking. I want to write it off to Munton's dry yeast and almost purely Amber LME, but it just seems lacking to me.
It got decent reviews on Midwest Supplies website, but to me... it just isn't that great. I drank it last week. It was 2 weeks in the bottle. I might drink another one tonight to see how 3 weeks has done on it.
But, what might have caused this neutral flavor?