yikes all of my aged beers have developed a licorice taste

[fatguy-littlecoat]

which takes over the beer. Im assuming this has to do with water quality(chloramines), the beers tasted fine at the 2- 3 month point. i did switch to tap water running through a brita filter. any suggestions on the best water to use for my beer? i dont want this to happen again.. as i will be dumping these beers.

 

[JonK331]

I bought an Aquasana filter which has improved my beer drastically: http://www.aquasana.com/category.php?category_id=1

I decided on this over an RO filter because the RO filters remove all of the minerals as well as the chloramines. I suppose it depends on your local water though, the water here is really good, just have to get rid of the chloramines so the aquasana works great. If you live in an area with really hard water an RO might be the way to go but you'd have to add back some minerals.

BTW I'm not in any way affiliated with Aquasana except that I own one.

 

[KevinW]

Are they in glass?
Can you specify how long?
Homebrews do have a shelf life, could you have reached it maybe?

Just wondering

 

[BriarwoodBrewer]

Is there something wrong with using distilled?

 

[bmckee56]

You can also remove chloramines but adding a campden tablet to each gallon of water. Crush them up and add it to the container and allow it to sit for a period of time.

Or invest in a home water filter cartridge system. Get a charcoal filter for it and your good to go.

Salute!