I am brewing a Coopers LME can kit. My beer is on week 4 of bottle conditioning, and at week 3 it still had a noticeable green flavor to it; the 'homebrew' taste. I know that time cures all, especially after scouring google and reading the countless replies from Revvy regarding the subject (and his of patience blog).
But one thing I find that isn't discussed (or my google searches missed the key words) is how time in the primary/secondary affects how much time in the bottles is needed to remove green flavors.
Revvy suggests 3-4 weeks in primary before bottling, then a minimum 3 weeks in the bottles to produce a desirable flavor. For me, at 3 weeks, I still had a green beer taste, but I only had 1 week in primary, and 1 week in secondary before bottling.
So I'm wonder, since I both racked off the primary in 1 week, as well as only had a total of 2 weeks in primary and secondary, should I be expecting a longer bottle conditioning time to remove the green flavors, than if I were to follow the 3-4 weeks primary only before bottling advice (or in general, a longer primary/secondary duration)?
I will be trying primary only for 3-4 weeks then bottle for my next brew, and will see how the bottle conditioning lines up with this brew, but I'm curious if anyone has any experience with this so far.
But one thing I find that isn't discussed (or my google searches missed the key words) is how time in the primary/secondary affects how much time in the bottles is needed to remove green flavors.
Revvy suggests 3-4 weeks in primary before bottling, then a minimum 3 weeks in the bottles to produce a desirable flavor. For me, at 3 weeks, I still had a green beer taste, but I only had 1 week in primary, and 1 week in secondary before bottling.
So I'm wonder, since I both racked off the primary in 1 week, as well as only had a total of 2 weeks in primary and secondary, should I be expecting a longer bottle conditioning time to remove the green flavors, than if I were to follow the 3-4 weeks primary only before bottling advice (or in general, a longer primary/secondary duration)?
I will be trying primary only for 3-4 weeks then bottle for my next brew, and will see how the bottle conditioning lines up with this brew, but I'm curious if anyone has any experience with this so far.