I packaged some beer from the main keg to a mini keg for a camping trip. When I tapped it a couple days later it had a very off taste. So much that I dumped it. The funny thing is later when I tapped the main keg it tasted fine.
I had done a salted caramel brown not that long ago. I ferment and serve from the same keg. This particular keg had not been touched yet. It had remained sealed and cold since it was finished with fermentation.
Since I was going camping, I got one of my 1.6gal mini ball lock kegs and prepped it. cleaned it good and filled with water. Then purged the water out with CO2 to keep oxygen to a minimum.
I used a liquid-to-liquid jumper to transfer the beer, so no oxygen was introduced. The mini keg was kept nice and cold and pressurized.
When I did drink it, it had a sour or off taste. unpleasant. So the mini keg was dumped.
about 20 days later, the original keg was tapped. The beer tasted just fine.
I don't get it??? Very strange.
I served it with those mini co2 cartridges. Supposedly beverage grade.
I had done a salted caramel brown not that long ago. I ferment and serve from the same keg. This particular keg had not been touched yet. It had remained sealed and cold since it was finished with fermentation.
Since I was going camping, I got one of my 1.6gal mini ball lock kegs and prepped it. cleaned it good and filled with water. Then purged the water out with CO2 to keep oxygen to a minimum.
I used a liquid-to-liquid jumper to transfer the beer, so no oxygen was introduced. The mini keg was kept nice and cold and pressurized.
When I did drink it, it had a sour or off taste. unpleasant. So the mini keg was dumped.
about 20 days later, the original keg was tapped. The beer tasted just fine.
I don't get it??? Very strange.
I served it with those mini co2 cartridges. Supposedly beverage grade.