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There is something not quite right with the taste.   I really cannot pinpoint one thing.  No question that it is beer, but not sure if it was user error or just that I am not crazy about it.  The stout I am concerned about because of the complete lack of any fermentation signs.  The last wheat beer I think is going to be my best so far.  Plenty of bubbling in the blow off jar and I was able to keep my temps during mashing pretty stable.  
 
tctenten said:
There is something not quite right with the taste.   I really cannot pinpoint one thing.  No question that it is beer, but not sure if it was user error or just that I am not crazy about it.  The stout I am concerned about because of the complete lack of any fermentation signs.  The last wheat beer I think is going to be my best so far.  Plenty of bubbling in the blow off jar and I was able to keep my temps during mashing pretty stable.  
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It's just how the stouts go ... it's probably fine ...
 
The lighter color beers have loads of disastatic power and alpha amylase, and almost none of the counter-ferm things ... crystal, roasted, toasted whatever ...
Ozzy2001 said:
I need to figure out what's not good in my dark chocolate stout. It has an after taste that is unpleasant.
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like? ...
 
I've noticed an non-taste aftertaste that I've decided comes from underpitching ...
 
It doesn't have a flavor perse, but is kind of like the taste of stillness that something gets if it's been in the fridge too long ...
 
I'm drinking one now.

I figured it out....it has a metallic aftertaste. My wife agrees. This was the first batch I did after cleaning all the oil off of my aluminum turkey pot. I did boil water in it prior to brewing to try to oxsidise it. However, I must not have done it long enough. The beer smells great....and up front it taste good. But once it goes down...your left with a faint "penny in your mouth" taste.
 
Ozzy2001 said:
I'm drinking one now.

I figured it out....it has a metallic aftertaste. My wife agrees. This was the first batch I did after cleaning all the oil off of my aluminum turkey pot. I did boil water in it prior to brewing to try to oxsidise it. However, I must not have done it long enough. The beer smells great....and up front it taste good. But once it goes down...your left with a faint "penny in your mouth" taste.
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Interesting ... I've tasted that in commercial stout before ...
 
Grant.

Not 100 percent true about dark beers.

Multiple step mashes brah!
Ozzy

For stouts there are usually a couple options.

a beef jersey taste or soy sauce. Most likely autolysis. Happens in a lot of stouts. Because of what grant said. Yeast shut out because their isn't a good fermentable wort.

If it's not that you could have acidic taste because of water quality and starting pH. Darker malts produce a lower mash pH.

Other options would be like a metallic taste. Had that in darker beers because of the spare Temps I used.
 
wheebz said:
Grant.

Not 100 percent true about dark beers.

Multiple step mashes brah!
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I know I've been liking these last couple of batches that I step-mashed ...
 
I feel like I've brewed my best batch of beer on your recipe, so I'll be really curious to see if that's true when I send you a couple of bottles ...
 
 
 
One thing's certain - these last two batches are the best of them all, for sure ...
 
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Bottled the Oatmeal Stout and the Summer Wheat today.  Here are my final numbers using the calculators on Beersmith.  
 
Oatmeal Stout
 
OG  1.058
FG   1.014
Attenuation  74.8%
 
ABV  5.8%…it was supposed to be 4.5%
 
 
Summer Wheat
 
OG   1.051
FG    1.012
Attenuation  75.6%
 
ABV  5.1%…it was supposed to be 5%
 
The water proof labels that the Boss recommended in another thread are great.  Ivwill be using them on my hot sauce bottles as well.
 
:cheers:  :cheers:
 
RocketMan said:
Hold it, what, water proof labels?
Where did you pick those up?
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Onlinelabels.com I got the matte ones. I was pretty happy with them, although I did not test out the waterproof part just yet.
 
I got 17 bottles out of the 2 gallons that I bottled yesterday.  I have one more kit to brew then I am looking forward to trying my first non kit brew.  I thought the stout and the wheat tasted pretty good.   :beer:
 
Label look good.  Nice and fall'ish with no skulls.  I use painters tape and a sharpie...lol.  I have not had much success bottling from the keg.  Too much foam....but I keep trying to dial it down.  What are you brewing next?
 
Happy T-Day to you and your family!
 
Thanks Jim.  Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. 
 
I have one more kit to get through then I will be doing a 2.5 gallon batch of an undetermined recipe.  I have been looking a different recipes both here and on the net.  I think I want to start with something very "plain" tasting.  Then I want to add different grains and hops to see what I like.  The kits have been great to get the process down, but I have no idea what ingredients I am using.
 
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