PorterGlenn
Well-Known Member
I have brewed 5 different batches of beer from box kits, all from the same company, which happened to be my local brew store. I also bought the LME (it came seperatly from the box kit) from them which I believe they make on site?
The different beers were:
Double Bock
DunkelWeiss
Steam Beer
IPA
one other I forget what it was...
Anyways they clearly taste like the different beers but they all have the same funny during/after taste? Not like soap but something soapy/staleish...
I sanatize with StarSan and my kit is only a year or year and a half old but I am thinking of getting a new tube for transfering/racking. Could either of these be causing this? I deffinetly clean and sanatize very well and dont think its this, but clearly I dont know or I wouldnt be asking?
Is it the LME? Maybe they dont make it there and just repackage it from larger containers, however I think they make it there, and I trust they are not selling stale product. They are a very reputable/large company that I dont want to name because Im not trying to pull them through the mud. The reason I think they make it on site is because they are attached to their brewery, its a pretty large operation.
Also I have been putting an extra 3-4 #'s of LME in the wort to make more sugar for my yeast to eat and make a stronger beer. Could this be it? Also is this even a good idea or not really?
I bottle the beer in reused bottles, again I clean and sanatize them.
I always use water strait out of the tap (city water) put it in my 5 gal boil bucket and when it gets to 170 steep the grains, then when it boils add the LME. Should I boil and cool before I actually start making the beer? This seems like it would take forever, if I were going to do this I would just buy a 5 gal jug of water from the grocery store from a natural spring or something.
To cool the beer I have a copper coil that I push cold hose water through, this I never really clean rather than just rinse off. I put it in the wort for the last 5-10 min of boiling and figure that should kill anything on it, then afterwards just rinse it clean and it is in boiling wort for 5-10 min before it is used to cool again on the next batch?
Any suggestions as to where this off flavoring is coming from, its not bad and the beer is still drinkable, but it has a clearly this beer is all kinda the same taste to it...?
The different beers were:
Double Bock
DunkelWeiss
Steam Beer
IPA
one other I forget what it was...
Anyways they clearly taste like the different beers but they all have the same funny during/after taste? Not like soap but something soapy/staleish...
I sanatize with StarSan and my kit is only a year or year and a half old but I am thinking of getting a new tube for transfering/racking. Could either of these be causing this? I deffinetly clean and sanatize very well and dont think its this, but clearly I dont know or I wouldnt be asking?
Is it the LME? Maybe they dont make it there and just repackage it from larger containers, however I think they make it there, and I trust they are not selling stale product. They are a very reputable/large company that I dont want to name because Im not trying to pull them through the mud. The reason I think they make it on site is because they are attached to their brewery, its a pretty large operation.
Also I have been putting an extra 3-4 #'s of LME in the wort to make more sugar for my yeast to eat and make a stronger beer. Could this be it? Also is this even a good idea or not really?
I bottle the beer in reused bottles, again I clean and sanatize them.
I always use water strait out of the tap (city water) put it in my 5 gal boil bucket and when it gets to 170 steep the grains, then when it boils add the LME. Should I boil and cool before I actually start making the beer? This seems like it would take forever, if I were going to do this I would just buy a 5 gal jug of water from the grocery store from a natural spring or something.
To cool the beer I have a copper coil that I push cold hose water through, this I never really clean rather than just rinse off. I put it in the wort for the last 5-10 min of boiling and figure that should kill anything on it, then afterwards just rinse it clean and it is in boiling wort for 5-10 min before it is used to cool again on the next batch?
Any suggestions as to where this off flavoring is coming from, its not bad and the beer is still drinkable, but it has a clearly this beer is all kinda the same taste to it...?