Pond Water or just oxidation

[MikeB.]

I made the following back in Sep but only just got around to trying the keg.

It’s supposed to be a Punk IPA clone, although it’s very murky.

Doesn’t taste terrible, but trying to work out what went wrong.

Chill haze, oxidisation? All comments welcome.

 

[Pennine]

Looks like the recent bitter I brewed. Doesn't look like chill haze. And I have no idea what happened.

 

[Agentgonzo]

Let it warm up. If the haze goes away then the haziness is chill haze.

But chill haze won't make it darker. Oxidation will

 

[MikeB.]

I’ll let it warm up and see what happens, although the more I drink, the more I think it may be oxidised.

 

[dad_of_jon]

I had one like that when my auto syphon decided to oxygenate a transfer. I decided to drink it anyway but not share them and binned the auto-syphon. It tasted ok.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Perhaps you didn't get all the oxygen out the keg before you filled it?

The giveaway oxidation sign for me is the lighter coloured beer on the top and the dark stuff underneath.

We've all done it.

 

[gyurmaember]

Maybe oxidation, maybe 5 months isn't beneficial for an IPA in a keg.

 

[MikeB.]

Will be a little more careful when transferring last time. I’ve swapped kegs over, hopefully the new one is better

 

[Branny]

The first kit brew I kegged I oxidized. It looked like that but also tasted bad.

I'd purged the keg but clearly not enough and hadn't purged either the gas or beer line. It was an early lesson for me and meant that I now always Star San purge the keg and beer line and burst purge the gas line.

 

[Pennine]

The funny thing about oxidisation is most beers I have had zero concern for oxygen exposure turn out just fine, even hazies.

Rarely do I ever feel like my beers have oxygen exposure faults and usually it's only after 3-4 months in the bottle or keg.

I would review your process before blaming it on that rabbit hole to be honest.