I recently did a batch of Amber Ale that has turned out awfull! This is the first batch since I started over a year and a half ago that has not turned out. (Around 20 batches of beer, 5 meads, and 2 ciders) I've made this recipe about 4 times before this. This time I tried an all glass fermentation as opposed to plastic/glass. I also used my homegrown hops, dry hop, for the first time. When I bottled the beer it seemed a lottle "thin" but I didn't notice any off flavors. After bottle conditioning it has a "styrine" or "antseptic" taste. It's really bad. I have no prob dumping if need be, but could this age out? Is this an infection? Where could this have come from? I Sanitized as I usually do for every other batch. The only differences were the all glass, and fresh hops. Can you get an infection from fresh hops? Thanks,
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18 years ago