Hi!
So with the arrival of a new keezer, I finally have spare taps for coffee, tea, sodas, and whatnot. I brewed a batch of tea and a batch of cold-brew coffee. (Tea: bring water to 205 F (not boiled and then cooled), steep leaves for 3 minutes; Coffee: add grounds to room temperature water and steep for 18 hours.) The coffee tasted good initially but went bad after one day in the keg. The tea lasted two days. Both have the same off-flavor, which I find hard to describe. It's kind of what you'd imagine drinking from the bottom of a dumpster would taste like. Garbagey.
Is there something big about sanitation or added preservatives I'm missing? I've never had beer develop off flavors in the keg, but the beer is boiled extensively as well as hopped.
Thanks in advance.
So with the arrival of a new keezer, I finally have spare taps for coffee, tea, sodas, and whatnot. I brewed a batch of tea and a batch of cold-brew coffee. (Tea: bring water to 205 F (not boiled and then cooled), steep leaves for 3 minutes; Coffee: add grounds to room temperature water and steep for 18 hours.) The coffee tasted good initially but went bad after one day in the keg. The tea lasted two days. Both have the same off-flavor, which I find hard to describe. It's kind of what you'd imagine drinking from the bottom of a dumpster would taste like. Garbagey.
Is there something big about sanitation or added preservatives I'm missing? I've never had beer develop off flavors in the keg, but the beer is boiled extensively as well as hopped.
Thanks in advance.