phildo79
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I made a pale ale and after a week, fermentation looked to be finished (US-05 yeast) so I kegged. I had a taste and there was a funny twang to it. It is something I have tasted before when tasting room temp beer just before kegging so I wasn't concerned. A day later, with the keg chilled, it was still there. Next day, still there, albeit less so. But it never went away.
It annoyed me so I took the keg out of the fridge (last Friday) in case it wasn't fully fermented. I noted the psi and the next time I checked it, it had shot up 10 points. I vented it back down to serving psi and the needle started rising quite quickly right in front of me. In fact I did the same today and it has shot back up to 20 psi. The weird twang has gotten worse.
I think I have read just about every off flavour that has ever been recorded in beer and can't assign one of them to it. I can't even describe it. My wife says she smells and tastes coffee but I am not getting that at all.
So the weird twang is one thing. The other is that it is still fermenting after a total of 12 days at room temp. I have used that yeast a lot and this has never happened before. Could it be hop creep? Is the twang because it isn't fully fermented? Can anyone describe what the twang of such a beer is?
It annoyed me so I took the keg out of the fridge (last Friday) in case it wasn't fully fermented. I noted the psi and the next time I checked it, it had shot up 10 points. I vented it back down to serving psi and the needle started rising quite quickly right in front of me. In fact I did the same today and it has shot back up to 20 psi. The weird twang has gotten worse.
I think I have read just about every off flavour that has ever been recorded in beer and can't assign one of them to it. I can't even describe it. My wife says she smells and tastes coffee but I am not getting that at all.
So the weird twang is one thing. The other is that it is still fermenting after a total of 12 days at room temp. I have used that yeast a lot and this has never happened before. Could it be hop creep? Is the twang because it isn't fully fermented? Can anyone describe what the twang of such a beer is?