brewer8700
Active Member
So, I am legitimately frustrated with my most recent batch of beer. It is my second batch, my third is currently in secondary right now. It is a NB nut brown extract recipe. I follows all the instructions according to what was sent me. I read on their reviews that coffee is a good additive to this beer, and so I looked into it and brewed 2/3 of a pot off coffee, cooled it, and added it to my secondary bucket, siphoning my beer into it. It fermented in primary for 10 days, and secondary for 13. It has now been over 3.5 weeks since bottling.
My frustration lies in that some bottles are absolutely amazing, while others taste completely different. The good ones, about 2 out of every 5 taste nutty, and have a pretty strong but well balanced coffee finish. The not-so-good ones have a not awful, but not real pleasant bight to them and have a slightly metallic, chemical-like smell and taste...its not a lot, but enough to really bother me when I crack one open hoping for a nutty coffee flavored ale. They don't taste nutty at all, and not much coffee either. Do any of you guys have any clue what could cause this? I know its probly to late for this batch, but I want to do whatever I can to save my 1554 clone I have brewing if its something I did wrong.
My frustration lies in that some bottles are absolutely amazing, while others taste completely different. The good ones, about 2 out of every 5 taste nutty, and have a pretty strong but well balanced coffee finish. The not-so-good ones have a not awful, but not real pleasant bight to them and have a slightly metallic, chemical-like smell and taste...its not a lot, but enough to really bother me when I crack one open hoping for a nutty coffee flavored ale. They don't taste nutty at all, and not much coffee either. Do any of you guys have any clue what could cause this? I know its probly to late for this batch, but I want to do whatever I can to save my 1554 clone I have brewing if its something I did wrong.