So I ordered a B3 kit a couple months ago and finally got around to brewing it after the ingredients (grain and LME) were sitting at room temp for around 2-3 months. I had the hops in the fridge so I wasn't worried about them. I brewed the kit which sat on the trub for 4-5 weeks while I waited to get all the components for my keg kit.
I racked and kegged the beer letting it carbonate for a couple days. I believe it's over-carbed right now (no thermometer in the fridge but in the low 40s) and was sitting at 12ish PSI. The beer is coming out all foam so I backed the pressure off to about 7 PSI which errs around the 2 volumes mark.
My wife and I tasted a bit of twang in the finish while it was carbonating. The starting palate is nice and chocolaty but now it has even more of that twang. I'm certain the over-cabonation is is contributing some of the harshness but I'm also sure the age of the ingredients has some issue in the final beer.
I have 2 fresh kits that I brewed this past weekend that are going to be going into the keg next weekend and the question comes- do I take this batch with problems and put in the garage to lager or do I dump the batch and use the keg for one of the good batches?
I know some people are going to jump on my balls for suggesting the dump but I only have the 2 kegs and since making the switch I've dinged my bottling bucket (regardless I loathe the idea of bottling again) so bottling is out of the question. I'd rather wait another week and buy another keg. I'm not sure if the 'twang' will age out or if it will remain over time. If it stays I'll want to dump no matter what.
Thank you for reading through all that explanation ^^



