I know, odd question.
Just after Thanksgiving I brewed a Pale Ale (see thread "A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words")
All the numbers looked correct, and after racking to my secondary, a taste test revealed an odd taste I could only describe as "solvent" like.
3 weeks in the secondary and things have improved, only slightly.
Yesterday, I brewed a simple 2.5 gallon of APA using Munton's Light LME, some Crystal 10L, some Carapils and one 1/2 ounce of Northern Brewers hops.
Steeped wort tasted fine, like what I would expect.
Added LME, got to hot break, taste test was fine (sweet - malty)
One 1/2 ounce of hops, everything looks good.
20 minutes left in the boil and another taste test had that same odd, back of the throat odd/off flavor.
Did not use bleach on the second batch (San Star)
One 1/2 oz of Northern Brewers batch #2 versus NB, Cascade, Cascade on Batch #1.
Could I be tasting the "bittering" hops and not know it?
Should beer taste like beer without carbonation, prior to the carbonation step?
Just after Thanksgiving I brewed a Pale Ale (see thread "A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words")
All the numbers looked correct, and after racking to my secondary, a taste test revealed an odd taste I could only describe as "solvent" like.
3 weeks in the secondary and things have improved, only slightly.
Yesterday, I brewed a simple 2.5 gallon of APA using Munton's Light LME, some Crystal 10L, some Carapils and one 1/2 ounce of Northern Brewers hops.
Steeped wort tasted fine, like what I would expect.
Added LME, got to hot break, taste test was fine (sweet - malty)
One 1/2 ounce of hops, everything looks good.
20 minutes left in the boil and another taste test had that same odd, back of the throat odd/off flavor.
Did not use bleach on the second batch (San Star)
One 1/2 oz of Northern Brewers batch #2 versus NB, Cascade, Cascade on Batch #1.
Could I be tasting the "bittering" hops and not know it?
Should beer taste like beer without carbonation, prior to the carbonation step?