metalic flavors

[koopdavisj]

my last two batches tasted great at every stage of he process (honey nut brown followed by IIPA, both extract w/ grains) until they were in the bottles for about 2+ weeks.

at that point i started tasting a metalic flavor which only got worse as time went on.

the honey nut brown has been in the bottles for about 6-7 weeks & the IIPA is at about 4-5 weeks. i have not touched either for about 2 weeks in the hopes things will settle out.

i clean & sanitize everything like a madman. if anything, my cleaning has become more over the top w/ each batch.

please help! i'm afraid to bottle my honey amber! its begging to get out of the secondary!

thanks

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I'm curious, as well. I tried one of Walker-san's porters yesterday which he has bemoaned on the boards before (trying to get the perfect porter recipe) and I thought it was a fantastic porter with the exception of a slight metallic taste. We were attributing this taste to some LME he used. Have you been using LME or DME?

 

[kornkob]

Also consider changing bottle caps. Once used soda bottle overruns (orange crush, actually) that appeared to impart a flaovr to the brew.

 

[cweston]

I'm curious, as well. I tried one of Walker-san's porters yesterday which he has bemoaned on the boards before (trying to get the perfect porter recipe) and I thought it was a fantastic porter with the exception of a slight metallic taste. We were attributing this taste to some LME he used. Have you been using LME or DME?

I'll second that: every time I've used LME from a can, it seems like you can taste a wee bit of the can in the final product. I only sense this when it comes in a can--the times I've used fresh bulk LME that came in a plastic container, I got great results.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I'll second that: every time I've used LME from a can, it seems like you can taste a wee bit of the can in the final product. I only sense this when it comes in a can--the times I've used fresh bulk LME that came in a plastic container, I got great results.

I don't think Walker was doing the can route...pretty sure it was a bulk container from the LHBS, but maybe he'll peak in here.

 

[Walker]

I don't use LME anymore. That porter I gave you was made from Briess extra light DME that BOSTON and I bought in bulk (50#) from the LHBS and split.

I don't detect anything metallic in it, but attribute the low volume sharp aftertaste to using WAY too much black patent. I could be wrong. BOSTON and Kaiser have been given access to that same porter. BOSTON never mentioned a metallic taste. No input from the Kaiser yet, though.

I did buy bulk LME in a plastic container from the LHBS several months ago, but have personally found that over the course of a few months, every batch of beer made with that LME developed a tangy taste that keeps increasing in stregth as time passes. Would I call it metallic? Sure, I could see it described as such.

-walker

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

Not sure what I'm tasting then...could be the black patent, but it had a metallic taste to it to me. In terms of roastiness and bitterness I thought it was great.

Anybody want to go meet under the bridge and brownbag some today?