this makes the third type of beer that i've gotten the same licorice flavor in. all in bottles but only a few bottles per batch have this off flavor.i'm assuming its some kind of sanitation issue. any experience with this?
The only black licorice flavor I ever got in any brews was from using star anise in a hard cider. Not sure it's an infection as you said it was only a few bottles of a few batches. You'd think infection would get them all. That's a bit of a puzzler you have there.
If you had a couple dirty bottles only a couple would get infected. I've had what I describe as a "plasticy" taste in a couple bottles from different batches. Maybe the same taste? I'm pretty sure mine was from not properly cleaning the bottles.
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