i just kegged my first 2 batches of beer. the first one was a light ale and the other was a vanilla porter. both were in the primary/secondary for 4-5 weeks and they tasted pretty good before i put them in the keg. they have been cooled and on pressure for almost a week and both tasted really bad when i sampled them. is this normal or do you think i did something wrong?
how long to condition in keg?
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BarleyWater
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The first pint or two is gonna have all the crap that settled out. Usually after about a week in the keg mine are good to go, just draw off a glass before you start drinking to get rid of the sediment.
shortyjacobs
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Any explanation of "bad"? What kinds of flavors? Fruity, band-aidy, cardboardy...something else ending in y?
FunkytownBrewyard
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right or wrong, i've gotten to where i just sip to confirm and then end up dumping the first two pints off the bat from a new keg. all kinds of stuff settles, whether necessarily visible or not. my limited experience has given to dumping those first two, then things begin to settle into consistency.
andrew300
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ok, well i think that is what happened because it tasted awesome a few days ago, but that was from the top of the fermenter, not the bottom. i will pull off a little more tonight and hopefully it will be good. to be honest, i do not even know what it tasted like, but it made me want to gag.
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