I've got something weird going on with a beer I've got.
It could be a number of things, but I'd appreciate some thoughts.
It's a kit brew, plain old lager kit with a good 400/500 gm of carapils and some Saaz hop additions and some dextrose.
Fermented with a dry yeast, a saflager I think it was at around 13 odd degrees. Secondary and lager at around 4 or 5 degrees for a month and bottled. Bottle kept at around 15 - 20 deg.
I reckon the first 10 - 15 bottles were fantastic, very smooth buttery mouthfeel with a good Saaz aroma and just a hint of that Saazy bitterness (with the POR that was in the kit).
However getting to the rest of the brew around 2 months later, the mouthfeel has pretty much all gone replaced with a harshish, grassy, almost acidic aftertaste. Aroma has pretty much stayed the same.
Any ideas what has happened.
PS. For those ISBers that might reply there was a bottle of this in my esky on Sat. that I was going to try on you guys, probably just as well you didn't crack it!!!!
It could be a number of things, but I'd appreciate some thoughts.
It's a kit brew, plain old lager kit with a good 400/500 gm of carapils and some Saaz hop additions and some dextrose.
Fermented with a dry yeast, a saflager I think it was at around 13 odd degrees. Secondary and lager at around 4 or 5 degrees for a month and bottled. Bottle kept at around 15 - 20 deg.
I reckon the first 10 - 15 bottles were fantastic, very smooth buttery mouthfeel with a good Saaz aroma and just a hint of that Saazy bitterness (with the POR that was in the kit).
However getting to the rest of the brew around 2 months later, the mouthfeel has pretty much all gone replaced with a harshish, grassy, almost acidic aftertaste. Aroma has pretty much stayed the same.
Any ideas what has happened.
PS. For those ISBers that might reply there was a bottle of this in my esky on Sat. that I was going to try on you guys, probably just as well you didn't crack it!!!!