So I tried a Brewers Best 1 Gallon Pale Ale. Giving a small taste at the time of bottling, I was like "holy F, this tastes great!". Now that it's been in the bottle for two weeks, I've noticed a slight-but-noticable funk. Taste and smell being so subjective, I'm not even sure how to describe it (which I appreciate makes your advice very difficult). The closest is Diacetyl but I'm not even sure that describes it accurately.
Is there anything particular about the bottling process that I should watch out for, to help prevent off-flavors. Again, going into the bottle it tasted great... Coming out real, good, except for this other thing going on. (Is two weeks enough time, or will the "funk" mellow out with a few more weeks. Of OG/FG/ ABV come into play here?)
Some info... used the Brewers Best priming sugar, which I think is corn sugar. The kit used Safale US-O5. The OG was ~1.050 and FG was ~ 1.020
Is there anything particular about the bottling process that I should watch out for, to help prevent off-flavors. Again, going into the bottle it tasted great... Coming out real, good, except for this other thing going on. (Is two weeks enough time, or will the "funk" mellow out with a few more weeks. Of OG/FG/ ABV come into play here?)
Some info... used the Brewers Best priming sugar, which I think is corn sugar. The kit used Safale US-O5. The OG was ~1.050 and FG was ~ 1.020