Hello,
I'm hoping you guys might be able to point me in the right direction. I recently moved from Portland OR to New Zealand, I have brewed three or four batches and they have all turned out pretty lackluster with various off flavours which I've never had before.
- Same fermenter fridge, same BIAB technique and mostly the same recipes
- Same 2 spidel fermenters that I have been rotating between batches
- Same cleaning and sanitization process (actually a bit better if I am being completely honest)
- Most of the other equipment is the same, except I went from bottling to kegging, and bought an electric brew pot instead of gas.
- Grains are different, but the new ones are of great quality and I'm grinding my own now.
While trying to pinpoint this myself, I have wondered if it may have been either different water or yeast being older from the transit time. I have tried good dried yeast, as well as fresh yeast.
Could the water really have such a large impact, and create what seems like off flavours?
I would really appreciate any tips where I should look in my setup and brewing process.
I'm hoping you guys might be able to point me in the right direction. I recently moved from Portland OR to New Zealand, I have brewed three or four batches and they have all turned out pretty lackluster with various off flavours which I've never had before.
- Same fermenter fridge, same BIAB technique and mostly the same recipes
- Same 2 spidel fermenters that I have been rotating between batches
- Same cleaning and sanitization process (actually a bit better if I am being completely honest)
- Most of the other equipment is the same, except I went from bottling to kegging, and bought an electric brew pot instead of gas.
- Grains are different, but the new ones are of great quality and I'm grinding my own now.
While trying to pinpoint this myself, I have wondered if it may have been either different water or yeast being older from the transit time. I have tried good dried yeast, as well as fresh yeast.
Could the water really have such a large impact, and create what seems like off flavours?
I would really appreciate any tips where I should look in my setup and brewing process.