I've had 2 strange experiences with some beers I've brewed lately and I am at my wits end to figure out what has happened. Both times the beers had been kegged and were tasting very nice when suddenly the flavor changed.
The first was an IPA, basically a Two-Hearted-ish all Centennial. I breewd it, fermented 2 weeks, then into the keg. For the first 2-3 weeks, it tasted very good, nice hop aroma, little bit of malt, fairly balanced. Then after the third week, it started to get cloudy (it wan't the brightest beer because I had run out of whirlfloc) and after a week it had developed an odd flavor. A family member said it tasted "baconey" which is pretty close. I assume an infection, but given that it was in the keezer I was perplexed.
The second was a Saison. It was all galaxy fermented with 3711. Had a nice hoppy aroma from a 2 ounce dry-hop but was very dry and drinkable. Then over the course of a long weekend out of town, I came home and it had developed a strange sickly-sweet aroma and taste.
I've since dumped the IPA.
My other thing is between the time the Saison tasted good and went bad, I have cleaned my beer lines. 15 minute circulate of BLC solution, followed by clean water and then ran 1/2 gallon of star-san through.
Any thoughts on what might have happened to either of these beers?
The first was an IPA, basically a Two-Hearted-ish all Centennial. I breewd it, fermented 2 weeks, then into the keg. For the first 2-3 weeks, it tasted very good, nice hop aroma, little bit of malt, fairly balanced. Then after the third week, it started to get cloudy (it wan't the brightest beer because I had run out of whirlfloc) and after a week it had developed an odd flavor. A family member said it tasted "baconey" which is pretty close. I assume an infection, but given that it was in the keezer I was perplexed.
The second was a Saison. It was all galaxy fermented with 3711. Had a nice hoppy aroma from a 2 ounce dry-hop but was very dry and drinkable. Then over the course of a long weekend out of town, I came home and it had developed a strange sickly-sweet aroma and taste.
I've since dumped the IPA.
My other thing is between the time the Saison tasted good and went bad, I have cleaned my beer lines. 15 minute circulate of BLC solution, followed by clean water and then ran 1/2 gallon of star-san through.
Any thoughts on what might have happened to either of these beers?