Why!? Vegemite taste with dark ale!

[rus]

I can't remember the brand of the dark ale concentrate I used(maybe Beermakers Old), Plus Morgans Caramalt, a bag of hops, dextrose and bottled water.

I was really careful this time around as last time I allowed everything to be too warm.

I pitched the yeast at 20 degrees C and I put the fermenter in a big bucket of cool water from the fridge which I changed everyday with more fridge cooled water, and I put a wet t-shirt over the fermenter. The temp never got above 24 degrees C.

A few days in it smelt delicious, it really made me look forward to it.

I left it to ferment for about 10 days and at that stage I had gotten the same reading 3 days in a row, so I bottled the next day. I tasted it at that time and it was very yeasty and quite like vegemite, gone was the delicious smell from days earlier. I read that it can happen if you leave it on the yeast too long, but I only had it ferment for 10 days so I can't make sense of it. So now I have bottled it and it is about 2 weeks later. I don't know why it turned out like that or if it can improve now it is bottled.

What do you guys think?

 

[Sir-Hops-A-Lot]

What yeast did you use?
This could be an off flavour that cleans itself up over time in the bottles.

 

[RM-MN]

I can't remember the brand of the dark ale concentrate I used(maybe Beermakers Old), Plus Morgans Caramalt, a bag of hops, dextrose and bottled water.

I was really careful this time around as last time I allowed everything to be too warm.

I pitched the yeast at 20 degrees C and I put the fermenter in a big bucket of cool water from the fridge which I changed everyday with more fridge cooled water, and I put a wet t-shirt over the fermenter. The temp never got above 24 degrees C.

A few days in it smelt delicious, it really made me look forward to it.

I left it to ferment for about 10 days and at that stage I had gotten the same reading 3 days in a row, so I bottled the next day. I tasted it at that time and it was very yeasty and quite like vegemite, gone was the delicious smell from days earlier. I read that it can happen if you leave it on the yeast too long, but I only had it ferment for 10 days so I can't make sense of it. So now I have bottled it and it is about 2 weeks later. I don't know why it turned out like that or if it can improve now it is bottled.

What do you guys think?

If you keep frequenting this forum you'll notice that a lot of us suggest that you leave your beer in the primary fermenter for 3 to 4 weeks. I think your problem is that you didn't leave it long enough for the yeast to settle out enough. The good news is that it will settle in the bottle if you give it a bit more time. Try another sample bottle in 2 weeks. I'll bet the taste is better. Wait two more weeks and it will be better yet.

 

[KudzuHighlander]

Put it on a sammich.

 

[Keiff]

Funny... I just happen to be listening to Colin Hay while reading this thread.