HELP: Austin Alaskan Amber Clone rotten-like taste

[wstev]

...this is also posted in beginners section...not getting any insight at all so far...


From my brew day notes...





11.29.13


Kit - Austin Alaskan Amber Clone





12:15 Started Wort water boil 5.5gal (apx)


12:38 added grains @ 151F (crystal 40L 1lb.)


(crystal 60L 11oz)


(crystal 90L 6oz)


Steeped for apx 25min(avg temp 155F)


1:05 removed grains and returned wort to heat.


1:15 added 7lb extra pale Extract, then returned to boil.


1:22 added .5oz Cascade Hops


2:07 added Brew Vint Yeast Fuel


2:07 added .75oz Saaz (czech) hop pellets


2:23 Removed from heat


2:26 started wort chiller -205F


100F @ 7.5 min


90F @ 9.5 min


80F @ 12.5 min


70F @ 16 min


60F @ 25 min





2:55 transferred wort to carboy


OG @ 1.050


3:05 Added 1gal bottled spring water @ pitched yeast (white Labs German Ale/Kolsch WLP029)


Added oxygen for apx 2-3 min @ 1/32 setting on regulator


3:35 set controller temp to 62F





12.3.13 set controller temp to 63F


12.4.13 set controller temp to 64F


12.6.13 set controller temp to 65F


12.7.13 transferred to secondary, Gravity @ 1.014


12.10.13 set controller temp to 66F


12.11.13 set controller temp to 67F


12.12.13 set controller temp to 68F


12.13.13 set controller temp to 69F Gravity @ 1.014


12.14.13 Gravity @ 1.014


12.15.13 Gravity @ 1.014, 5oz corn sugar, Bottled 40 bottles 16.2oz, tasted like my best batch yet,





Bottle conditioned at 68F for 2 weeks...tasted it and YACH! tasted like rotten watermelon. And very poor carbonation, only creates like 1/8th of an inch head on the glass when i poured it.





so i gave it another couple weeks(yesterday), tried again, still there. still poor carbonation. doesn't taste sweet...





it tastes like rotten watermelon, then that goes away after a second or two and then it has that distinctive German beer taste.





It doesnt smell foul or bad at all, just the taste...





where did I screw up? Can it be saved?

 

[NavyChief]

Everything I have read has said to give it time. Put it in the back of your closet and come back to it in a couple of months.

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[MeBrew2]

I add my extract while off the heat. Never had a problem with carmelization, but I've heard that adding the extract while the heat is on can burn the extract. Not sure what that ends up doing... Did you notice any burning on the bottom of the kettle?

Also, do you boil your priming sugar? Do you use a priming bucket?

Obviously it either just needs time or something happened to the whole batch most likely at priming/bottling..

 

[jimyson]

You put water in after the boil when pitching?

 

[wstev]

Yes i boiled my priming sugar. Dumped it on bottom of my bottling bucket, and auto siphoned my beer into my bucket from my carboy. Then i bottled.

Yes i did add bottled water after the boil. Ive added the sane water to all my brews. This is my only batch that didnt taste good at 4 weeks.

Ill just put jt in my closet and forget about it for 3 months.