AG brewer here, probably close to 50 batches under my belt now. The beer almost always comes out great, carbs up nicely, and goes down smooth. With one exception: a Fat Tire clone about 12 months ago that tasted medicinal. I chalked it up to not liking Belgian funk and moved on.
This batch (cream ale) tastes medicinal, like the acrid aftertaste on cheap cough syrup / Nyquil. I'm pretty sure it's the same taste that I got from the Fat Tire clone, so I'm starting to re-think it.
My wife can't taste what I'm going on about. My father and I are both pretty turned off by this batch. Gotta be phenolic, right?
I've been using the same water the whole time, equipment and technique the whole time. No, I don't use RO or distilled water, and I don't know my water profile, but it has not been a problem thus far. This is a recipe that I've brewed several times and only the first time it has come out like this.
Am I insane to suspect wild yeast / bacteria? My StarSan was getting rather cloudy by the time this batch went in.
This batch (cream ale) tastes medicinal, like the acrid aftertaste on cheap cough syrup / Nyquil. I'm pretty sure it's the same taste that I got from the Fat Tire clone, so I'm starting to re-think it.
My wife can't taste what I'm going on about. My father and I are both pretty turned off by this batch. Gotta be phenolic, right?
I've been using the same water the whole time, equipment and technique the whole time. No, I don't use RO or distilled water, and I don't know my water profile, but it has not been a problem thus far. This is a recipe that I've brewed several times and only the first time it has come out like this.
Am I insane to suspect wild yeast / bacteria? My StarSan was getting rather cloudy by the time this batch went in.