off flavour

[prolix]

in the last few brews I have noticed a phenolic tang to my beer along with a grassy note. The tang gets worse with age.

All the research I have done suggests too much whole hopping, I treat the water for chlorine and chloroamines and there is no sorching on the boiler elements but I have looked at other peoples receipes and there are no where near as many hops in my brews.

I have to admit I have taken to 80% late hopping for bitterness to increase flavour and the hops are home grown.

Am brewing tomorrow and will use comerical hops just to see.

Probably scrub everything to an inch of it's life as well just to rule out bacterial infection.

 

[Sean_Mc]

Do any of THESE describe the off taste P

 

[prolix]

thanks Sean, been through them. I treat the water careful and never use chlorine based products.

Have to assume it is infection or hop based but 200g of hops in a 10 gallon boil is not excessive, so could be that I using my home grown hops and they might be the the problem.

 

[Mr.Everready]

Do any of THESE describe the off taste P

Nice link Sean. I've been asking around for weeks why my beer tastes apple-y, now I know. :thumb:

 

[happyhoppytaff]

thats a nice link mr.everready. thanks for posting. i added to my favourites.