Onion aftertaste!

[Moarhops]

Hi guys

I'll probably sound crazy asking this but have any of you ever noticed an onion/garlic aftertaste when re-using a beer glass (for water)?

I've never detected onion/garlic in any of my beers but if I've had a homebrew in a glass and then I rinse it out and fill with water - something I do quite often - then sometimes there is a very noticeable flavour of onion/garlic in the water, even though all the visible beer dregs have been washed out of the glass. Anyone notice something similar or have I gone mad?

 

[ncbrewer]

I haven't experienced this, but some hops are said to give an onion/garlic taste. I don't remember which, or under what circumstances.

 

[ryanryates]

Summit hops are notorious for onion and garlic flavors and aromas.

 

[JohnSand]

Not onion or garlic. I do find that a trace of beer left in the glass brings out the odor of chlorine from tap water.

 

[MaryB]

I don't drink my tap water... I like my life... right now it smells like a swimming pool with to much chlorine in it, literally makes my eyes burn. And yes the city knows about it, temporary water lines so they tripled the chlorine... they are in process of burying new water lines.

 

[Moarhops]

Summit hops are notorious for onion and garlic flavors and aromas.

Interesting! I checked the recipe for this batch and sure enough, Summit was the bittering hop. Strange how it doesn't come through when drinking it but only as a kind of after shadow. Think I'll stick to something cleaner for bittering...