American IPA question

[Jhu1321]

Having trouble figuring this out. The glass on the right is a chilled IPA brewed about 6 weeks ago. In the fridge for about 24 hours before taking a sample. Tastes dull & stale with very little hop aroma and the color is darker.

The glass on the left is from the same batch but not chilled (poured at cellar temp). Tastes bright and citrusy with a nice bitter hop finish and is clearly lighter.

My ideas as to what leads to this so far:

1. Not enough time in the fridge for things to stabilize?

2. Too cold a serving temperature? Tested around 45 degrees when poured.

3. Beer getting oxidized in fridge somehow?

Anyone got any input on whats changing?

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[day_trippr]

So you poured the beer on the right then left it exposed in the fridge for 24 hours?
I vote oxidized.

Cheers!

 

[Jhu1321]

No. The beer was in the bottle, in the fridge for 24 hours and opened at the same time as the other.

 

[55x11]

You assume the beers are otherwise identical but for the temperature treatment. But it's possible there were differences during bottling. One could have gotten more yeast. Or oxygen exposure. Or hop matter. How did you bottle and how long dry hopped for? I'd say you need to repeat with a few other bottles and see whether there are any differences

 

[2trout]

You assume the beers are otherwise identical but for the temperature treatment. But it's possible there were differences during bottling. One could have gotten more yeast. Or oxygen exposure. Or hop matter. How did you bottle and how long dry hopped for? I'd say you need to repeat with a few other bottles and see whether there are any differences

I think that the above means you get to drink two more beers so that you can replicate the exbeeriment!

 

[Jhu1321]

I've had several at this point and some are better than others....... but they ones I didn't fridge are consistently better. Maybe I should start drinking all my beer at cellar temp! Anyone else got any ideas?

 

[ryanryates]

My taste buds and general sense of being tends to change once I've had several IPA's...