Off flavors at bottling

[ozymandias88]

This is my first batch, an extract honey wheat kit from northern brewer. Fermentation seemed to go well, no obvious infection or off smells. I bottled today, and avoided tasting because I know that it should taste better after bottle conditioning.

The batch smelled great, and looked great, and I had probably 6 oz left at the end, not enough to justify another bottle so I decided to taste.

I would describe the taste as dry, maybe astringent, sort of reminds me of awful wine, definitely not something good. Will this go away with conditioning, or is it just because I drank the junk at the bottom?

I've been avoiding making a noob post like this. I was confident in my sanitation, temperatures, and patience, but this taste has me worried.

 

[JBrady]

beers definitely get better with age in the bottles, I've had a few batches that were pretty funky at bottling time and they turned out to be some of my best batches. Hope your batch has the same results.

I once did a belgian dubbel that smelled like a rotten sewer at bottling time, swmbo almost threw up, after 3 weeks in the bottles it was a truly awesome tasting beer, lol.

 

[greencoat]

rdwhahb. if you were up on your sanitation, you'll be fine. what you're tasting is super super green beer.

 

[brewer_duke]

You should be fine...I stopped going out of my way tp taste my beers at bottling time because of this..they always seem to taste weak-bodied, and just generally not that great, but of course there is no reason to waste left over booze. Magic truly happens in the bottles.

 

[el_bandito]

Will this go away with conditioning, or is it just because I drank the junk at the bottom?

RDWHAHB ... Give it 2 weeks, try it again ... If its still a little off, give it more time ... Time will only make your beer better.