Metsbrew

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I kegged my first batch a stout, this Saturday was the first we tapped into it. It was awesome and everything worked great. However tonight when we poured a glass, the first one had a plastic taste. Everyone after was great. Will this always be this way? It is a 5 foot line with a picnic tap for now.

BillyBroas

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So if I understand, that was the first glass with your kegging setup that tasted like plastic, but every beer after tasted fine? If so I wouldn't worry about it. Probably just from the new beer line. Did you flush it with anything beforehand?

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Scut_Monkey

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It's a common problem with beer line especially cheap beer line. I don't have a great solution but this thread might have one for you. Most people resort to discarding the first 3-4oz for the day.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/beer-line-tests-solution-plastic-taste-60380/

Metsbrew

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Sorry I was unclear. The first day it was fine. But then it sat for a few days and the first pour was bad but the rest were good. I did flush it with oxy clean and then one step. Also off topic a little but is there any way to flush line without having a spare keg? My one keg is serving now and the other keg is carbing. But I forgot to flush the tap for the second keg. Thanks and sorry for being all over the place.

cheesecake

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every first pour i have tastes like plastic. its the keg connection line i have no idea why i flushed the line out with oxiclean and starsan but the beer that sits in the line gets a funny plastic taste to it

tincob

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I got my lines from keg connection too and I definitely notice the plastic taste.

Does it go away after some use? I just put together my keezer and the taste is pretty strong, especially on my sparkling water set up. If the taste doesn't go away, the sparkling water will go bye, bye according to my wife.

cheesecake

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I hope it does...im going to be trying different lines soon

tincob

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Scut_Monkey, I just read that thread from front to back.

What did you wind up as your solution? Did the HD poly work?

It looks like the two recommended lines were:
Tygon Food, Milk, & Dairy Tubing B-44-4X which comes in 3/16" ID
Bev-Seal which comes in 1/4" ID

I wonder why some people can taste the plastic flavor and some can't? My wife and I noticed the taste immediately. I'm not very optimistic that the plastic will go away.

I may have to resort to ordering the Tygon tubing.

Cheesecake, post back on what tubing you plan on trying.

cheesecake

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I already bought the line from mcmaster. 50 feet was 8 dollars so i said why not but i will. ill be using it on my next keg wich will be getting tapped on tuesday

Scut_Monkey

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Right now I just have standard 3/16" Polyvinyl tubing. I do have the PE tubing from HD down in the basement but I haven't hooked it up yet as it's smaller than 3/16" (it's actually .170) and therefore hard to get onto my fittings.

The standard tubing is working ok for me right now with two kegs. I do have to dump out the first 3 oz which is annoying but it is temporary. If I don't pour it out it definitely does taint the beer flavor.

Is the tygon tubing you mentioned sold through mcmaster carr? I don't recall seeing it in that thread. I kind of got fed up with the whole issue as the PE tubing is difficult to work with, the lined tubing dosen't come in 3/16 and would require huge lengths and the polyvinyl tubing sucks. If you can't tell I'm still debating what to buy.