I have an interesting aftertaste ruining all of my hoppy beers yet, i feel it like a wrong kind of bitterness, something which tastes a bit like grass and sand. My non beer drinking friends detect it as too bitter. (the IBUs ranged from 40 to 75 in these beers) Since i have not made a non-hoppy beer yet i am not sure if the problem is hop related or not. (i have a non-hoppy beer in the works, maybe it will be drinkable)
This off taste didn't improved by time. I don't mean a lot of time btw, only 6-8 weeks.
Since it did not improved i am guessing it can be oxidation maybe. Since i don't know what oxidation tastes like i want to deliberately oxidize a "stock" beer.
How would i do that? Just shake up a bottle and don't open it for weeks?
(btw the same off taste showed up in beers brewed from bottled water and with somewhat treated water)
This off taste didn't improved by time. I don't mean a lot of time btw, only 6-8 weeks.
Since it did not improved i am guessing it can be oxidation maybe. Since i don't know what oxidation tastes like i want to deliberately oxidize a "stock" beer.
How would i do that? Just shake up a bottle and don't open it for weeks?
(btw the same off taste showed up in beers brewed from bottled water and with somewhat treated water)