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richard
Having bottle conditioned my beers for the past 5 years, I just started kegging with forced carbonation. None of the forced carbonated beers have tasted anywhere as good as my bottle conditioned beers; they all have a dull flavor. The bottle coditioned beers tend to be clearer, brighter and much more focused in flavors. The difference is less striking with dark beers or very hoppy beers. I recently split a Helles batch between bottle conditioned and forced carbonation, and the results weren't even close! The bottle conditoned beer was so much more focused. Are there differences in CO2 sources? Are some commericial supplies of CO2 dirtier than others? How about keg conditioning?
Any thoughts?
Richard
Any thoughts?
Richard