Can priming cause off flavors?

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HopHeadHarry

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I had a Pale Ale that I just tasted after 3 weeks in the bottle. When I bottled it it tasted great, just no carbonation. Now after being carbed/conditioned for 3 weeks it taste green ( green apple green) So my question is : Can the amount of yeast left in the beer be so low that the act of fermenting the priming sugar stresses it and causes off flavors? The beer had OG of 1058 and finished at 1015. No excess oxygen on bottling.
 
The process of carbing reactivates the yeast and starts the fermentation process up again to a point. I would assume its still just a "green" beer and needs to age a bit longer. Only time will tell.
 
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