jppostKW
Well-Known Member
so i did BMs blonde as a first all grain batch last week batch sparged hit 73% efficancy pitched the the notti yeast at 78 degreess had a quick 3 day air lock activity i racked it to secondary yesterday after 7 days in primary took a gravity reading sitting at 1.011 right now which seems about on par but when i tasted the sample OMFG it was horrible Even my first batch of mr beer was better even with the bad cider taste that i got from the white sugar i primed with. i really cant explain the taste but was kinda bitter but had such an over powering off taste it was completely undrinkable. i didnt do any thing different than i did when i brewed extract with steeping i did full boils before exact same equipment religous sanitization using star san. i am going to go thru with normal secondary and bottling just to see if my notti yeasties will clean up the flavor but i am at a loss as to what happened. my critics aka drinking buddies are eager to taste my first all grain but i dont want to serve them anything thats is sub par. i really just dont know what happened. has anyone else gotten a something on the same level and it turned out ok?