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I brewed the Lefse Blonde extract kit from Northern Brewer. In primary for about a week, secondary for two weeks, in bottles for two weeks so far. I'm getting a very dry (too dry) finish and some off-flavors I can't put my finger on. Any thoughts as to where I went wrong on this one?
Not sure how to describe the off-flavors, but I am getting some of the good Belgian flavors (almost there). It's just overpowered on the back end by that off-dryness.
I tried one after one week of bottle conditioning (for educational purposes), and I could barely drink it - that dry mouth sensation really stuck around - poured it down the drain. This bottle is a tad better, after two weeks conditioning - could probably finish it but it's not great. Maybe I just need to wait another week or two for it to bottle-condition a bit more?
Also, this is only my second homebrew. The first one, NB's Fresh Squished IPA extract kit, turned out great!
All the bottles in this second batch were washed and reused (with dish soap and then used the sanitize function in the dishwasher). I wonder if the culprit is in there somewhere. It tasted just okay coming out of the secondary-carboy, maybe a little light or watered down (?), but I think the flavors were there - thinking it would improve and become a little more full-bodied in the bottles (which it seems to have, somewhat) - I don't quite recall any dry mouth from that pre-bottling/flat tasting, but I didn't have much of it, of course.
Thanks!
Not sure how to describe the off-flavors, but I am getting some of the good Belgian flavors (almost there). It's just overpowered on the back end by that off-dryness.
I tried one after one week of bottle conditioning (for educational purposes), and I could barely drink it - that dry mouth sensation really stuck around - poured it down the drain. This bottle is a tad better, after two weeks conditioning - could probably finish it but it's not great. Maybe I just need to wait another week or two for it to bottle-condition a bit more?
Also, this is only my second homebrew. The first one, NB's Fresh Squished IPA extract kit, turned out great!
All the bottles in this second batch were washed and reused (with dish soap and then used the sanitize function in the dishwasher). I wonder if the culprit is in there somewhere. It tasted just okay coming out of the secondary-carboy, maybe a little light or watered down (?), but I think the flavors were there - thinking it would improve and become a little more full-bodied in the bottles (which it seems to have, somewhat) - I don't quite recall any dry mouth from that pre-bottling/flat tasting, but I didn't have much of it, of course.
Thanks!