off tastes

[grainy]

Hi all. So I bottled some ale up 3weeks ago and it was on the strong side, about 7.5%. Let it sit on the the primary for 3 weeks then dry hopped for 4days ,no secondary. What I'm tasting is what I think is strong alcoholic flavor and a slight burn. Should I dump it or drink it?

 

[sponge_]

What yeast did you use and what temperature did you ferment at? What was the recipe?

7.5% will probably need a couple of months in the bottle to mellow out, but if yeast was stressed or too warm during fermentation it could be fusel alcohols.

Leave it another month and have a taste again.

 

[LarryF]

My beers that have been 7% or over have all had an alcohol tang to them so I tend to stick ro beers about 6% or just under now. If you want to drink it early a touch of lemonade will deal with it, or as advised by sponge, you can wait it out if you've got enough in reserve to be getting on with..

 

[Covrich]

Yeast shouldn't produce a lot of burn at that strength but a little perhaps..

Leave it for a few months to mellow. Like Sponge says it could be too many fusel alcohols produced by a stressed or warm fermentation. Let it sit

 

[Leon103]

It is too young to drink yet. Let it condition for a few months then try some

 

[Sandimas]

As everyone else hs said, leave it longer - the stronger the beer, the longer it takes to condition. Just had a 9% Belgian that was horrible when first brewed and has taken 4 months to even be drinkable. Even my latest 5% brew has taken a month to come good.

 

[grainy]

Hi all. Granny here. Thanks so much for replies and advice. I'm afraid I may have made a mistake posting yesterday about my perception of off flavors in that ale, oops. See I had a head cold and I had been eating HAllS cough drops prior to sampling that beer. SO I'll chalk that one up to "live and learn". Again thank for ya alls input.