Greenglass
Active Member
I've been quiet for a while waiting for my two first AG batches to take care of themselves. I have an IPA and a stout which are now bottled and racked to secondary, respectively. Both were left to sit in the primary for three weeks, and look pretty good going into the secondary.
However, I have a flavor problem... specifically a nasty metallic flavor. Tastes almost like... sanitizer (that was what my mind immediately went to when I first tasted it; it tastes like the idophor sanitizer I use smells).
I just cracked a bottle of the IPA (been in the bottle just a week, so naturally its all but flat, and sugary, but I'm ignoring that). Nice hop flavor, can't really judge the body at this stage, color and clarity great, but still the nasty metallic flavor. Granted, it's not as pronounced as it was before, but still really prominent.
The stout just went into the secondary. Gravity higher than I'd expected (1014 from an OG of 1043), which sounds high, although my mash temp was higher than target. No big deal. Can't really tell what it's going to be like right now, but there's still a hint of the metallic flavor that the IPA has. I think. I may be imagining things. Certainly not as pronounced as the IPA was at the same stage.
Any thoughts? What could this be? And will it recede?
Any suggestions or feedback much appreciated...
However, I have a flavor problem... specifically a nasty metallic flavor. Tastes almost like... sanitizer (that was what my mind immediately went to when I first tasted it; it tastes like the idophor sanitizer I use smells).
I just cracked a bottle of the IPA (been in the bottle just a week, so naturally its all but flat, and sugary, but I'm ignoring that). Nice hop flavor, can't really judge the body at this stage, color and clarity great, but still the nasty metallic flavor. Granted, it's not as pronounced as it was before, but still really prominent.
The stout just went into the secondary. Gravity higher than I'd expected (1014 from an OG of 1043), which sounds high, although my mash temp was higher than target. No big deal. Can't really tell what it's going to be like right now, but there's still a hint of the metallic flavor that the IPA has. I think. I may be imagining things. Certainly not as pronounced as the IPA was at the same stage.
Any thoughts? What could this be? And will it recede?
Any suggestions or feedback much appreciated...