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Offline cfleisher

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WYeast Berliner Weisse Blend phenols?
« on: June 28, 2016, 05:55:46 pm »
There are a lot of phenols -- rubber hose, a bit smoky -- happening in a Berliner Weisse that I made with the Wyeast blend. Anybody had this issue? I'm hoping they age out after a while, but after a month in the secondary, the beer doesn't taste much different. Any hope here? How long does it take for phenols to age out?
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Re: WYeast Berliner Weisse Blend phenols?
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2016, 06:57:55 pm »
What was your process? Temp control? Water?

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Re: WYeast Berliner Weisse Blend phenols?
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2016, 07:20:44 pm »
Phenols don't age out although if there is Brett in the blend funny things could still happen.

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Re: WYeast Berliner Weisse Blend phenols?
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2016, 09:37:09 am »
If this is 3191 there is brett and any brett phenols are generally going to hang around. Sometimes brett will throw a rubber tire phenol. That does age out but only after a long time.
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Re: WYeast Berliner Weisse Blend phenols?
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2016, 01:50:47 pm »
I have worked with that strain/blend in the past and was never really very pleased with it. My beers never really got sour enough and the brett was very mild. But I did not ever notice any funky rubber hose or smokiness with it. It could be the brett throwing those depending on what temps you fermented at.