Greetings Homebrewers,
Im new to homebrewing and I just want to start out by saying that this site has been an immense help, time and time again. Thanks to all!
I need help diagnosing an off flavor in an APA I recently brewed. This is my tenth batch and my third all grain batch. My extract batches werent bad, my first attempt at all grain was horrible, and my second all-gran brew drinkable. When I cracked the bottle on this third batch and took my first sip, I proudly proclaimed to myself: Got it!
Then, just on the back end, a funny flavor. The major trouble Im having is I cant quite describe it and, indeed, thought about posting here when the issue came up, but decided no one would be able to help me if I couldnt precisely explain the off-flavor. Nor have any of the diagnosing off-flavor guides in books and online been helpful. But now Im starting to drive myself insane and thought Id appeal to everyone here for help.
So let me do my best to try and explain the off-flavor. The beer smells wonderful and I pick up no off-scents. The off-flavor only comes at the end of a taste, just as Im swallowing. Its sort of vegetal, but not the cream-corned flavor that sources use to describe DMS. Its maybe a bit rancid, but doesnt have the buttery flavor sources use to describe diacetyl. Maybe its oxidation, but Ive had oxidized beers before and this seems nothing like those.
So, in sum: help! If no one has any ideas, then some guidelines on how to detect and describe off-flavors would be useful. Of, perhaps theres more information I could provide that will help you help me.
The beer was brewed with a fairly standard grain bill: 2-row, a bit of crystal, nothing fancy, hopped with cascade and citra, fermented for three weeks with WYeast 1056, then bottle conditioned using corn sugar for another three weeks.
Thanks so much for any help you can offer!
Im new to homebrewing and I just want to start out by saying that this site has been an immense help, time and time again. Thanks to all!
I need help diagnosing an off flavor in an APA I recently brewed. This is my tenth batch and my third all grain batch. My extract batches werent bad, my first attempt at all grain was horrible, and my second all-gran brew drinkable. When I cracked the bottle on this third batch and took my first sip, I proudly proclaimed to myself: Got it!
Then, just on the back end, a funny flavor. The major trouble Im having is I cant quite describe it and, indeed, thought about posting here when the issue came up, but decided no one would be able to help me if I couldnt precisely explain the off-flavor. Nor have any of the diagnosing off-flavor guides in books and online been helpful. But now Im starting to drive myself insane and thought Id appeal to everyone here for help.
So let me do my best to try and explain the off-flavor. The beer smells wonderful and I pick up no off-scents. The off-flavor only comes at the end of a taste, just as Im swallowing. Its sort of vegetal, but not the cream-corned flavor that sources use to describe DMS. Its maybe a bit rancid, but doesnt have the buttery flavor sources use to describe diacetyl. Maybe its oxidation, but Ive had oxidized beers before and this seems nothing like those.
So, in sum: help! If no one has any ideas, then some guidelines on how to detect and describe off-flavors would be useful. Of, perhaps theres more information I could provide that will help you help me.
The beer was brewed with a fairly standard grain bill: 2-row, a bit of crystal, nothing fancy, hopped with cascade and citra, fermented for three weeks with WYeast 1056, then bottle conditioned using corn sugar for another three weeks.
Thanks so much for any help you can offer!