Yeasty Flavor

[upperNY01brewer]

What would leave the finished beer with a yeast flavor that is prominent ?

 

[Reelale]

Yeast! Has the beer cleared yet? How long since it's been bottled/kegged?

 

[Newbeerguy]

Also make sure that you are pouring carefully, not distrubing the yeast at the bottom of the bottle.

 

[pjj2ba]

Assuming the beer is properly aged (and poured), if the beer sat too long on the yeast cake under unfavorable conditions, this can cause a yeasty flavor.

 

[shamrockdoc]

What would leave the finished beer with a yeast flavor that is prominent ?

Are you wanting this flavor? Or is this an issue?

 

[upperNY01brewer]

Are you wanting this flavor? Or is this an issue?

This is the issue

 

[upperNY01brewer]

Assuming the beer is properly aged (and poured), if the beer sat too long on the yeast cake under unfavorable conditions, this can cause a yeasty flavor.

What would be concidered to lenghty of time to sit on the yeast cake ?

 

[CaliBrewin]

more information would help.

what was the recipe? what yeast was used? what fermentation schedule did you follow? how long has it been in the bottle?

 

[krisagon]

Patience, my young Jedi.
I don't even open the first bottle until it's sat for 2 weeks.

 

[mdstrobe]

Beer is ready about 8 weeks from brew day. And that's at the EARLIEST!

 

[JonK331]

What yeast did you use?

 

[pjj2ba]

What would be concidered to lenghty of time to sit on the yeast cake ?

It is not so much the time as it is the temperature. Beer can sit for a looong time on the cake and be fine. An ideal to shoot for is to keep ale yeast under 70 F once fermentation is complete. Cooler is better. You want to keep the yeast happy. No temperature swings, no sloshing, no 02 etc.

 

[upperNY01brewer]

What yeast did you use?

Wyeast Belgian Ardennes(3522) pitched at 78 degrees and room temp stated pretty much between 70 - 75

 

[upperNY01brewer]

It is not so much the time as it is the temperature. Beer can sit for a looong time on the cake and be fine. An ideal to shoot for is to keep ale yeast under 70 F once fermentation is complete. Cooler is better. You want to keep the yeast happy. No temperature swings, no sloshing, no 02 etc.

The temp may have been the problem then. Room temp was between 70 -75 back when I brewed it in August, possibly a day or two when it spiked up abit before I arrived home and put the AC on..

 

[IXVolt]

How long did you let the beer in the bottle sit in the fridge before you opened it? If given enough time to chill, a lot of the yeast will fall to the bottom, cleaning the beer even further.