Need a Diagnosis

[Wagon]

I brewed Austin's Budget IPA. I added an extra ounce of hops at the beginning of the boil to up the bitterness. One week in primary. One week in secondary. While bottling, I had a ton of problems with bubbles in my tubing. I remember it even resulted in froth in the bottling bucket. One week after bottling, I cracked a bottle. It tasted green but definitely had the hop profile I was looking for. I swirled the bottles gently as I typically do after one week to stir the yeast and prompt conditioning. About another week later, I cracked another one. It was drastically different. The hop flavor has diminished greatly, and it tastes like pineapple. It basically tastes like a pale ale with pineapple or citrus notes. My hops were 2 oz magnum bittering, cascade flavor, and falconers flight aroma.

So what's the deal? Oxidation from the tubing issues? An infection picked up somewhere along the way? Or just normal hop fading?

 

[BreezyBrew]

Sounds like normal hop fading to me. The character of the beer can change over time since your dealing with a live organism. I've had this happen to me quite a bit. Those flavors don't sound out of the ordinary for the hops you used. Especially since Citra can give off a pineapple/mango flavor

 

[aiptasia]

Also sounds totally normal to me.

 

[boydster]

You used very citrusy flavor and aroma hops, so that flavor might hang around for a while.

 

[unionrdr]

Not to mention one week in primary. Was it at FG when you racked it?