verysupple
Supremely mediocre brewer
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Hi all,
I've come across a strange problem with my last two batches (a hefeweizen and an extra special bitter) - they taste fantastic at bottling but a week later both the maltiness and hoppiness are greatly diminished and there is an alcoholic twang and oily(?) mouthfeel. I've done about 22 batches and this only happened with the last two. I have two ideas about what it might be. 1) infection while bottling or 2) oxidation. As far as I know I've never had oxidised beer and this tastes way different to the couple of infected bottles I once had. It also doesn't taste like wet cardboard or paper as people describe oxidised beer.
Any ideas about the cause?
Cheers in advance.
I've come across a strange problem with my last two batches (a hefeweizen and an extra special bitter) - they taste fantastic at bottling but a week later both the maltiness and hoppiness are greatly diminished and there is an alcoholic twang and oily(?) mouthfeel. I've done about 22 batches and this only happened with the last two. I have two ideas about what it might be. 1) infection while bottling or 2) oxidation. As far as I know I've never had oxidised beer and this tastes way different to the couple of infected bottles I once had. It also doesn't taste like wet cardboard or paper as people describe oxidised beer.
Any ideas about the cause?
Cheers in advance.