My first IPA was a lesson in "learn from your mistakes". I did all kinds of things wrong. As pertains here, I racked to secondary (I know ) and used a muslin bag as a filter to the auto siphon. I got plugged up so bad that I put a ton of oxygen into my beer.
The IPA has all sorts of flaws. There is a weird taste I struggle to describe but I now say it is from the oxygen bubbled into my secondary. The reason I say this is because I bought a Founders Centennial IPA this week (my IPA was all Centennial). I noticed the same after taste in the Founders (but not as bad). I was amazed...Founders is a great brewery. But then I saw the packaged date on this Founders. It was bottled more than a year ago. I'm convinced I learned what oxidation does to beer.
Am I wrong?
The IPA has all sorts of flaws. There is a weird taste I struggle to describe but I now say it is from the oxygen bubbled into my secondary. The reason I say this is because I bought a Founders Centennial IPA this week (my IPA was all Centennial). I noticed the same after taste in the Founders (but not as bad). I was amazed...Founders is a great brewery. But then I saw the packaged date on this Founders. It was bottled more than a year ago. I'm convinced I learned what oxidation does to beer.
Am I wrong?