Bitter upfront, sweet aftertaste

[JONNYROTTEN]

I made a pale ale. Its has a harsh bite upfront and in the middle but the aftertaste is delicious. Sweet hoppyness the way the whole beer should taste. You can almost smell the bad taste in the glass. My first guess is carbonic bite as I just burst carbed at 40 psi yesterday and dropped to serving pressure this morning. I've carbed this way many times and have never had much of an issue with the bite. This seems way more pronounced. Its a keg I haven't used in a while so I oxycleaned it. I may not have rinsed it out enough. Not sure. Would that give me the bitterness upfront?
I've had beers with a nasty back end bite that never really went away but dont think I've had a beer taste harsh upfront but be left with a good taste in my mouth.

I made the beer just for the party. Think it will fade in 2 days?
I'm going to leave a glass out overnight to let flatten and see if taste any better without the co2

Not from bittering hops. Only used 1 oz in 10 gallons at 60 minutes
Not yeast bite
Would oxidized beer taste bitter upfront but good aftertaste?

EDIT: the good sweet hoppyness comes about 10 seconds after taking a sip not at the end of a sip

 

[radwizard]

I would guess that it would fade in a few days. I have turned out beer, sampled, and thought wft (bitter!) only to have them round out in a few days. I am speaking of an upfront bitterness as you describe. - the strong bitterness after taste, has not rounded out, as you have mentioned. good luck!!

Did you dry hop in the serving keg? I have had some weird early tastes from keg hops that always fade with that method...

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

No dry hopping in the keg. Minimal hops all around 2 oz dryhop for 2 days per 5 gallons. I dont think it tasted like this sampling just before kegging which makes me think its the keg, the co2 or oxidation.

 

[MaxStout]

Maybe the beer is still a little young? See if it still does it after a few days.

I think I had a beer that did something like that. A little zing up front, then would mellow on my tongue in a few seconds. I think the effect lessened after several days.

 

[doug293cz]

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