Long time lurker, first time poster here.
I recently brewed my first batch of beer back in August. I went with the Talisman clone recipe I found from a fellow r/Homebrewing redditor. (http://ift.tt/2gUSmbt)
Other than it being opaque, it turned out well beyond my expectations. The aroma is unbelievable!
However, I saved a couple bottles outside of the fridge, and I recently drank 'em, three months after bottling. They are not the same beers. They were grassy, very bitter, way over-carbonated, and, when I was drinking the last one, I thought to myself "this tastes a little mediciney." I later found (thanks r/Homebrewing) that a medicine flavour is most likely due to phenol compounds.
I thought that phenols and other off-flavours break down further with aging. Is this accurate? Is it better to store this type of beer in the refrigerator after an initial bottle conditioning period, say of around 2 weeks? And why?
Thanks so much fellas! I owe you a big thank you for all the great posts.
Well, time for a drinkey-poo!
TL;DR - My beer tastes shitty, and a little mediciney, after aging outside of the fridge for 3 months. Why?
Submitted December 17, 2016 at 11:02AM by Sonik_ON http://ift.tt/2hb259C Homebrewing
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