Just wondered if anyone else knows why this is...
Over the past year I have brewed the following kits:
Brupaks Colne Bitter
Brupaks IPA
Woodefordes Great Eastern
Muntons Smugglers *2
Woodfordes Wherry
Milestone Black Pearl
Milestone Crusader
All these kits have dropped bright and been fine - however, they have all had the same, almost acidic bite to them and all had the same aftertaste, which is a bit unpleasant.
I've not left anything sitting on top of the yeast in the FV for more than around 10 days and have put several of them in to a secondary FV to see if it changed anything. It didn't really.
All the fermenting has been done at around 18-20 degrees so no problem there. I've both barrelled and bottled the beer, but this didn't make much difference.
So, I am wondering is this either something to do with the water (which I have filtered through a Brita filter) or am I using too much steriliser? I've sterlised by filling my fv with warm water and adding 10-12 heaped teaspoons of sterilising and cleaning powder and left for between 10 and 20 mins. After that I've rinsed for around 5 minutes. I've used the same amount of steriliser for the barrels and bottles.
Am I using too much and could this be leading to the aftertaste am I getting across all my beers?
I'm thinking about having a go at all grain later in summer, but I don't want to do it until I can get a kit spot on without any aftertaste first as it's a big investment.
Any help or advice would be really appreciated.
Nick
Over the past year I have brewed the following kits:
Brupaks Colne Bitter
Brupaks IPA
Woodefordes Great Eastern
Muntons Smugglers *2
Woodfordes Wherry
Milestone Black Pearl
Milestone Crusader
All these kits have dropped bright and been fine - however, they have all had the same, almost acidic bite to them and all had the same aftertaste, which is a bit unpleasant.
I've not left anything sitting on top of the yeast in the FV for more than around 10 days and have put several of them in to a secondary FV to see if it changed anything. It didn't really.
All the fermenting has been done at around 18-20 degrees so no problem there. I've both barrelled and bottled the beer, but this didn't make much difference.
So, I am wondering is this either something to do with the water (which I have filtered through a Brita filter) or am I using too much steriliser? I've sterlised by filling my fv with warm water and adding 10-12 heaped teaspoons of sterilising and cleaning powder and left for between 10 and 20 mins. After that I've rinsed for around 5 minutes. I've used the same amount of steriliser for the barrels and bottles.
Am I using too much and could this be leading to the aftertaste am I getting across all my beers?
I'm thinking about having a go at all grain later in summer, but I don't want to do it until I can get a kit spot on without any aftertaste first as it's a big investment.
Any help or advice would be really appreciated.
Nick