I have started kegging in the spring, and it was cool after I got past the initial bugs. After going through my first tank of co2 I got a gas distribution block and built a 6 keg setup. I got a refill and hooked up to the new block and 6 un carbed kegs and let them sit for a while. after a week I sampled all of them and the all tasted kind of bad.
Some where recipes I had done before and should have been ok. A few were so bad I unhooked them and put the in the cellar. They seemed to have a common flaw of a kind of odd bitterness. In this time I had some beers finishing up in the fermentors that were ready to be kegged. The same results occurred with the new batches. I let them sit for weeks hoping they would get better, but it seem to me like they have actually gotten worse. The only batch that seemed to be unaffected was a cider.
At this point I had become so frustrated I put all of the full kegs in my cellar, and bought a us sankey and a keg of sierra nevada. This was on Wednesday the 11th. I put it on gas about 1pm, and let it settle until evening. I had a few that night and they tasted just like any SN I have had. The next night I poured one at about 9pm, and it seemed a little off, but I figured it was just me. I poured one last night and it was terrible.
While I am quite pissed about spending $160 on SN that now tastes like puke, at least I have some hope that my beers taste bad from something other than my brewing. (I always liked them when I bottled.) Is there a chance that the Co2 is causing this? That seems to be one of the only variables. Yes I cleaned my lines, yes I cleaned the faucet, and changed lines, and tried picnic taps.
Some where recipes I had done before and should have been ok. A few were so bad I unhooked them and put the in the cellar. They seemed to have a common flaw of a kind of odd bitterness. In this time I had some beers finishing up in the fermentors that were ready to be kegged. The same results occurred with the new batches. I let them sit for weeks hoping they would get better, but it seem to me like they have actually gotten worse. The only batch that seemed to be unaffected was a cider.
At this point I had become so frustrated I put all of the full kegs in my cellar, and bought a us sankey and a keg of sierra nevada. This was on Wednesday the 11th. I put it on gas about 1pm, and let it settle until evening. I had a few that night and they tasted just like any SN I have had. The next night I poured one at about 9pm, and it seemed a little off, but I figured it was just me. I poured one last night and it was terrible.
While I am quite pissed about spending $160 on SN that now tastes like puke, at least I have some hope that my beers taste bad from something other than my brewing. (I always liked them when I bottled.) Is there a chance that the Co2 is causing this? That seems to be one of the only variables. Yes I cleaned my lines, yes I cleaned the faucet, and changed lines, and tried picnic taps.