Perfume taste :-/

[ghostrider1971]

I'm sometimes finding when I use strawberry and/or blueberry concentrate (even in very small doses) that I am getting a nasty "perfume" smell/taste.

Is this common? Am I still using too much concentrate?

Cheers,

Andy

[Deleted]

Usually associated with too little steeping I found.
You should also let your mix breath for 24 hours before putting the cap on the bottle.

[ghostrider1971]

Thanks @yinyang - I will give that a go :-)

[MrDJ]

there are some liquids out there that have a almost perfume taste and its down to that make of concentrates.
chuff stuff was the first i had with this taste and was also sent some homebrew from a member which had the same taste.
no idea of the concentrate though as i dont mix.

[*-SARIN-*]

Some concentrates have a fragrance added to them on purpose as they were originally intended to flavour food / drinks. Look for un-fragranced concentrates, it's sometimes stated. I have found in the past though that the flavours that you mention are susceptible to these issues.

[pacman]

Yes agree there fresh air makes a bit of a difference imo not always some are just awful flavours and not a lot can be done with them

[TJ]

Breathing overnight for most fruit mixes aside from strawberry whose flavour diminishes very quickly so it's the only fruit I don't personally breathe at all, blueberry and watermelon/melon are the ones I have found with the strongest perfume taste/odour so sometimes my mixes with these in get overnight breathe then again a couple of days later if I can still detect some perfumery niffs from them or on the lick test taste they taste like nail varnish remover

[beedee]

I once accidentally got an 'orrible perfume flavour from washing bottles in water that (accidentally) had some liquid hand soap in it....