Home Brewish Taste

[midfielder5]

Band-aidy = chlorine/chloramine, usually.

You can use potassium metabisulfite to eliminate that, usually 1/2 tablet per 5 gallons of water.

Agreed. The taste might even be worse when u go AG-- water is so important.
Get that water report, and use the pot met tab.
I also second (third? Fifth?) the commenters who suggested another person taste it-- who will give honest feedback-- like a competition.

Good luck !

 

[rocketman768]

nope still using iodophor and letting it air dry. 1 tsp p/5gal solution.

thinking about getting a water report to ensure no chlorine or chloramine factors in.

Almost no report will list chloramine, even when they do add it. Just add some crushed campden tablet and be done with the chlorine compounds.

 

[harding70]

I had my wife and her sister taste my brew against identically poured Sam Adams varietals. Mine won!!

After I pointed out the beer that was mine, they could taste the nuances of my beer that I dislike, but the fact that they preferred it to Sam Adams Lager, and Sam Adams Noble Pils without forewarning or ceremony to any test or evaluation gives me a little hope to switching to all-grain.

Perhaps the big beers need a little more time to mature, perhaps I was too hard on my own creation (heh heh, I said hard on), but the lessons I've learned in the past 6 months, thanks to the inputs on this forum have undoubtedly enabled my process to put out better beers.

I just got a 11" stainless false bottom and a rotating sparge arm, so I'm stoked to plunge into it.

Thanks to all,

 

[legaleagle]

+1 on the campden tablets. Try it if you have not already and see if it makes a difference. When I first started brewing, I had this same issue. Someone recommended to me the campden tablets - cured the problem totally. I have since moved to another part of the country and a completely different water source, but I still use campden tabs on ALL my brew water - have never had that taste again.

 

[wendelgee2]

Perhaps the big beers need a little more time to mature, perhaps I was too hard on my own creation (heh heh, I said hard on),

I never really "understood" this until recently. I brewed an 8%-9% Tripel back in November, and it's literally just now starting to taste delicious. That's 4 months. It's like all the sudden the alcohol heat gave way to this yummy maltiness.

 

[harding70]

It's been about a year and a half now and approximately 8 AG batches and not one with the taste I complained about. It must have been the extracts because with AG, I haven't missed yet! Not nearly as cosmic as some people think it is. I recommend going AG if you really want to have some fun.

 

[Yooper]

It's been about a year and a half now and approximately 8 AG batches and not one with the taste I complained about. It must have been the extracts because with AG, I haven't missed yet! Not nearly as cosmic as some people think it is. I recommend going AG if you really want to have some fun.

I'm glad to hear that it's been resolved! And that you're brewing and making great beer. Thanks for reporting back with an update.

 

[Exbeerienced]

I always claim it's hard to make a bad beer with all grain, as long as you stick to the rudiments.

 

[passedpawn]

Nice. Wasn't that hard, was it?