Troubleshooting an off taste
@dave wrote: you can pitch yeast at 68 degrees but during fermentation the temp can easily go up to 75 degrees causing some minor off flavors. If you think its your water you can go buy some big jugs...
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@old_dawg wrote: You mentioned that you were not sure your scale was working properly. The US Treasury will provide a set of calibration weights for $0.41. Have a look at this site:...
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@sneezles61 wrote: I was expecting a paradigm, maybe just 4 nickels will work!Sneezles61 Read full topic
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@wilcolandzaat wrote: Mmm strange. Could it be your fermenting bucket if you got small latex taste. Or indeed the water Read full topic
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@frenchie wrote: I've tested temp of my beer during high krausen in my swap cooler, and it's never been more than 1* more than the temp of the water in my cooler. I fill a laundry sink with water all...
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@frenchie wrote: Thanks Dawg. My concern with the scale is that it sometimes will jump with the slightest addition and then sometimes will stay on the same number if I add a significant amount of...
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@frenchie wrote: Also, forgot to say that I do use the one gallon jugs of distilled water. Thanks Dave, Ron And with each batch, the water was from a different source. Read full topic
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@frenchie wrote: The kolsch that I just bottled should help the question of plastic fermentor. It was fermented in glass. The saison and blonde were both in plastic (bubblers), and the hefe I'm not...
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@frenchie wrote: 0xidation actually was my very first thought, because I though I had all the other variables covered. But I'm very careful during transfer--I keep the tube in the bottom of the...
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@brew_cat wrote: Could it be mash ph. Have you checked it? I know you use software but maybe double check it with a meter. Read full topic
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@frenchie wrote: That's a great idea. I need to put that on my Christmas list. Ron Read full topic
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@dave wrote: https://www.morebeer.com/content/homebrew-off-flavors Check out this link of "off flavors." I copied this one for you since you said plastic. ChlorophenolTastes/Smells Like:Plastic,...
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@frenchie wrote: Thanks Dave. Great link. This helps a bunch. Gonna just reevaluate everything in my process in light of this list. Ron Read full topic
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@porkchop wrote: You could have an unwanted microbe going to work on your beer. The flavors you describe are certainly possible from some wild yeasts and bacteria. Could be that the lighter colored...
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@dave wrote: Just throwing this out there but I'd get a couple other people to try it and ask them if they taste it.Know anybody who might be a beer judge or take a bottle to your local home brew...
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@loopie_beer wrote: @porkchop That's one reason why I asked about saving his yeast. Everything else seems to be pretty sound. Read full topic
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@frenchie wrote: @porkchop thought about the bug thing, but it doesn't get any different with age and it is very slight--and I changed tubing and bottling wand between a couple of the affected brews....
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@frenchie wrote: Things I know I'm going to do: New tubing and plastic stuff Get a better scale Hopefully get a ph meter Get a knowledgeable person to try my beer Hope this kolsch I just bottled is...
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@sneezles61 wrote: That may be worth the effort, yet you use O2 absorbing caps, so that may be ruled out… All the different strains of yeast, still the same? Barley from different suppliers? Hops from...
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@frenchie wrote: Oh well. Popped the first kolsch(all bottles and bottling equipment sanitized with non-chlorine water with starsan) and did NOT get the off taste. So maybe the sanitizer solution was...
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@loopie_beer wrote: frenchie: and by the way, it's not a true kolsch. Just NB's version using dry yeast--us05. Uggghhhh.... Read full topic
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@frenchie wrote: Yeah, I know. But it turns out to be a good beer. I call it budweiser with taste haha. Just a good, clean beer with a little more body and flavor than the cheap stuff. Cheers, Ron...
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@brew_cat wrote: I have a beer carbonating now that I brewed as my session pale ale. I've brewed similar beers before and enjoy them. What a do is low gravity grain bill with 2row. Then I hop it like...
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@frenchie wrote: Yep. It's all pilsner with tradition and hersbrucker. I've fermented in the mid to high 5o's using 05 and I get that fruity finish like I taste is Spaten. This one I fermented around...
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@old_dawg wrote: I think you could use Hersbrucker with sawdust and get a good beer! Just don't use plywood sawdust; the glue gives a strong phenolic off-taste! Read full topic
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