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?
What was your process? Temp control? Water?
Phenols don’t age out although if there is Brett in the blend funny things could still happen.
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.
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.