Medicinal tasting beer?

[will4009]

Hello,

I have a ginger beer currently in the primary, its a recipe from the Greg Hughes book.

It has reached the final gravity after 2 weeks. I gave it a quick sample when taking the gravity reading, and it has quite a medicinal taste, with no hint of ginger.

Any ideas as to why I am getting these 'off' flavours?

Thanks

 

[Drunkula]

Plenty of posts on it if you search. Try some of the terms medicinal, polyphenols, band aid, plasters.

 

[will4009]

Ah, so....it could be a few things that cause it, but non of them fixable.

Was thinking about just bottling it and see how it goes, but probably not worth it.

 

[Drunkula]

Bottle it. Reasonably brackish beer always makes good shandy. I've had the most abysmal kit brews that were nice with a bit of pop.

 

[will4009]

Yep, I will do that. Shame to chuck it, plus I only brew in small batches, so bottling isn't too much of a chore.

I will crack one open in a couple of weeks, and see how it is.