UglySister
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That could be it! Maybe I'll try one more time.
My first lager is in secondary now. I would have preferred to use a carboy, but because I had left it in primary for 16 days I was afraid it would not replace the air in secondary so I went straight to keg and used my co2 tank to pure air. Was that not necessary?
For those of you wanting a flavor description, it is "ink from a ball point pen". I guess it is what many on here refer to as the twang from LME. I've been wanting to get go full grain anyway, so now I'm doing it. I can't wait! I think for my first batch I'm going to do a clone recipe of "Famosa" also called "Gallo" in some countries.
Ok one more, but someone has to come help me drink it!
Ok one more, but someone has to come help me drink it!
I have a question for you. How long have those hope been in those ziploc bags in the freezer?
You should brew one more batch, but do it in bed, alone, with a cast on every limb, without eating, and add a half pound of Ibuprofen at flameout. That should do it.everyone is fishing in the dark because there is absolutely no information to diagnose anything. "It tastes off-flavor" without being able to describe what this is, is akin to showing up to doctors office and saying, I think I am sick, maybe a part of my body hurts, I am not sure - figure it out!
So everyone goes for the laundry list of: fermentation temperature, yeast health, ingredients quality/freshness, sanitation, transfer/bottling, etc.
Sort of like a doctor saying to you - put a cast on every limb, take some ibuprofen, a lot of painkillers, antibiotics, don't eat or drink anything for a while, and keep yourself in bed while avoiding all human contact. This may cover a lot of angles, but it's not a real diagnosis - because you never told the doctor what the PROBLEM is!
I suspect those hops for some of the issue. I used to do the same thing with my hops and they were ruining my ipa's. Always use fresh vacuum sealed hops.