Boil hops in primary

[mongot152]

When I was transferring my zombie dust clone from boil kettle to carboy. I had the bright idea I was gonna filter the hops out with a knee sock panty hose. Well as you well know it swelled up in side the neck. When I tried to pull it out the sock broke and all the hops from the boil went in the carboy. I left it and pitched the yeast. After 10 days transfered to secondary let sit for 3 weeks then dry hopped 3 oz for 5 days. Kegged it. Carbed it. And it tastes like crap. Would the boil hops going in the fermenter be the cause?? Fermentation was kept between 65 and 70. S-05

 

[porterpounder]

Sometime with that quantity of hops the flavor gets a bit muddy, but no usually bad. I'd blame the person wearing the hose prior to use as a strainer.

 

[mongot152]

Lol they were fresh out the package and into some starsan.

 

[Psylocide]

Was the temp 65-70 ambient? Might have gotten a little hot in there if that's the case.

Do you use tap water? Did you treat with Campden tabs to remove chlorine/chloramines? That could also be a cause.

What is the "bad" flavor?

 

[mongot152]

I used bottled water. No noticeable chlorine taste. The flavor is like stale. Not sure if it's the cardboard taste I hear people talk about.

 

[PlexVector]

I just moved from your other thread on same topic...

Trub which includes hops should not have had that effect. I would tend to think it was your process. Either sanitation/oxidation while dealing with the sock or during transfer to secondary maybe.

When you tried it was the beer clear?

If it hasn't been disturbed for a while run off about 3 pints and then taste it.

 

[mongot152]

I'm gonna try that when I get back. I'm at work for another 2 weeks. Hopefully when I get back I'll pull a few pints off and it will be amazing. Not holding my breath though. I've done 6 other brews that came out great. The only difference was the hop thing. I have a blueberry stout that's been in the keg for about 6 months and gets better every time I pull a pint off.