I brewed my first batch about 3 months ago, an "Carribou Slobber" brown ale from Northern Brewer. Everything went pretty well for my first batch, moved it to secondary after two weeks, bottled it after two more. Once i cracked open the first bottle the beer looked great, nicely carbonated, not much of an aroma, but it had a strange off flavor. Its hard to describe, its kind of tasted like seltzer water, not overpowering but left a strange aftertaste on the tip of my tounge. I just figured it was just because it was my first batch. A few weeks later i started my second batch, the "Big Honking Stout" kit from northern brewer. I was excited about this beer from the beginning, i decided not to move this one to secondary to see if i noticed a difference. After a month and a half i took some gravity readings and they were stable, and the un carbonated wort smelled and tasted great. I went ahead and added my priming solution 1/2 cup of brown sugar and water and bottled. Its been three weeks and I cracked a couple open and they have the same strange off flavor. The beer tastes good but this flavor is still there. Since the beer tasted perfect before bottling i think there is something up with my bottling process. When i sanitized my bottles i soaked them in starsan, and pulled them one by one out of the solution, dumped them out and then filled and capped it. Is it possible that I am not draining all of the star san out of the bottle and this is causing these strange flavors. I was thinking about getting one of those bottle drying racks but they are quite expensive. How long should i let the bottles dry once i take them out of the sanitizer and fill them up with the beer. Could it be that I am using brown sugar? Anyone else have a similar experience? I have a chocolate stout fermenting right now and I really hope I don't have the same problem.