Hi All
My first batch I did was an Amber Ale, I fermented it for 2 weeks, bottled for 1 week and took a taste, seemed ok but didnt seem ready. Left it for another week and I got a really bitter aftertaste and the beer was very gasey, I have chilled a bottle and tried one each week and get the same, been around 4 weeks now. I put this down as a newbie error of not rinsing the sanitizer.
However, I have finished and bottled my APA, sample I took for FG tasted good (just flat) and I was impressed, I made sure all the bottles were scrubbed, sanitized and then rinsed throughly. I added around 100g of brewing sugar (5gal batch) to some boiling water and added to my bottling bucket.
Bottles have been standing in a wardrobe now at around 22/23C for 12 days now, I put 3 bottles in the fridge on day 10, I tried a bottle on day 11, the colour looked good, the head was really good, taste was strong and hits you with the Hops however the smell of the bottle reminded me of the previous batch, and the aftertaste was there but not that strong. I have opened a bottle today on day 12 and the head isnt as good, the weird smell is stronger and the drink is really gasey, your have to burp after every drink you take.
What could be wrong?
As anybody else experienced this?
My first batch I did was an Amber Ale, I fermented it for 2 weeks, bottled for 1 week and took a taste, seemed ok but didnt seem ready. Left it for another week and I got a really bitter aftertaste and the beer was very gasey, I have chilled a bottle and tried one each week and get the same, been around 4 weeks now. I put this down as a newbie error of not rinsing the sanitizer.
However, I have finished and bottled my APA, sample I took for FG tasted good (just flat) and I was impressed, I made sure all the bottles were scrubbed, sanitized and then rinsed throughly. I added around 100g of brewing sugar (5gal batch) to some boiling water and added to my bottling bucket.
Bottles have been standing in a wardrobe now at around 22/23C for 12 days now, I put 3 bottles in the fridge on day 10, I tried a bottle on day 11, the colour looked good, the head was really good, taste was strong and hits you with the Hops however the smell of the bottle reminded me of the previous batch, and the aftertaste was there but not that strong. I have opened a bottle today on day 12 and the head isnt as good, the weird smell is stronger and the drink is really gasey, your have to burp after every drink you take.
What could be wrong?
As anybody else experienced this?