So we have been brewing for about a year or so and have made some pretty damn tasty beers. We almost always end up within 1-2 points of or SG and about the same on our FG. Here lately we've been having an off flavor that is kind of hard to define. It taste kind of spicy, and citrusy all at the same time. As the beer ages in the kegs it tends to mellow out and the beer starts tasty really good about the time we get the last couple of pints out of it. At first I thought it was simply hop character because one of main brew we keep on tap all the time is a NE style IPA with loads of American hops but Ive been picking it up in other beers too. We have been capturing our yeast for the last few batches. Could this be the issue?
We have just been using s-05 and try and use it for 3-4 batches. We have a couple of old fridges set up as fermentation chambers and set them on 62 degrees with the temp probe taped to the glass. We also try and keg and brew the next batch on the same day and just harvest from the yeast cake for the next batch. If for some reason we have to save the yeast for later I always make a starter. Any help on this would be much appreciated.
We have just been using s-05 and try and use it for 3-4 batches. We have a couple of old fridges set up as fermentation chambers and set them on 62 degrees with the temp probe taped to the glass. We also try and keg and brew the next batch on the same day and just harvest from the yeast cake for the next batch. If for some reason we have to save the yeast for later I always make a starter. Any help on this would be much appreciated.
