Green apples

[noob1979]

So I bottles a dark beer og 1.047 ft 1.011. It's carded for a week. And tastes like green apples. Needs time.
Question: How long have you waited for the young beer green apple taste to go away?

 

[k-moe]

How long was it fermenting prior to bottling?

 

[noob1979]

14 days. Spent four days at 1.011 before bottling.

 

[lowtones84]

I would try another in a week or two if you think it's at least close to what the finished product should be. Dark beers tend to benefit from a little extra conditioning anyhow. That flavor is probably acetaldehyde, and it often conditions out. What yeast did you use and what temp was it fermented at?

 

[Jimbodaman]

My beers taste best around 7 weeks, green apple taste goes away around 5 weeks.

 

[noob1979]

Ok. I can wait. It will be fun to see how it all turns out.

 

[noob1979]

I used red star dry wine yeast. And fermented at 68 degrees F.

 

[noob1979]

Montrachet. Had to look it up.

 

[lowtones84]

But it was beer that you made? Next time I would highly recommend using beer yeast instead of wine yeast, as it is quite a bit different. That fermenting temp is fairly high as well. I would suggest Nottingham, S-04 or S-05 dry yeasts and ferment in the low 60's next time.

 

[noob1979]

I am going back to beer yeast after this batch. This one was an experiment.