Cistercian
Well-Known Member
So I have left my All Grain Honey Brown Ale in the primary for four weeks as of today. A week ago (three weeks after brewing), I took a sampling and, of course, drank the sample. The sample was AWESOME. My wife and I both liked it. We could taste a remnant of clove honey. It was smooth and nutty. In short, it tasted as a Brown Ale should taste. Everything that I had hoped for.
ONE WEEK LATER:
I just took another sample. No movement in the gravity. Exactly the same as last week.
However, it doesn't taste that good this week. It's not as dark as it had been and it tastes "thin". It hardly has any taste anymore, except for a somewhat burnt nut taste - like a burnt almond or something. I can't taste much more than that. It also has a bite to it, but not like infection and not like hops - sort of like stale beer.
I'm really ticked. What happened? My guess is that that the wort may have oxidized while sitting in a primary (bucket) with too much headspace? Any other options?
This is the first time that I've kept a beer in the primary for four weeks.
Should I bottle and hope for the best?
ONE WEEK LATER:
I just took another sample. No movement in the gravity. Exactly the same as last week.
However, it doesn't taste that good this week. It's not as dark as it had been and it tastes "thin". It hardly has any taste anymore, except for a somewhat burnt nut taste - like a burnt almond or something. I can't taste much more than that. It also has a bite to it, but not like infection and not like hops - sort of like stale beer.
I'm really ticked. What happened? My guess is that that the wort may have oxidized while sitting in a primary (bucket) with too much headspace? Any other options?
This is the first time that I've kept a beer in the primary for four weeks.
Should I bottle and hope for the best?