Hmmm, onipar, it sounds like my process with C-Brite was the same as yours, so maybe that''s not it... or maybe I used too high a concentration by mistake or something and needed to do a more thorough rinse.
I don't actually remember rinsing the bottling bucket, but I can't imagine that I didn't. (And that was 2 weeks ago, so it's not surprising I wouldn't remember everything clearly) Actually, I do vaguely remember draining some of the rinse water through the spigot, so I think I must have done that. But that doesn't necessarily mean I did a good enough job... One thing that makes me skeptical about that, though, is that I had to bottle in two batches because my bottling bucket wasn't big enough, and I have tried bottles from both batches and they are both equally affected -- if the bucket weren't sufficiently rinsed (and I did not sanitize in between batches) I would think the first batch would have rinsed it enough.
It could be the siphon hose, or the hose attached to the spigot, I suppose... but in those cases again I sorta think it would have rinsed itself in the process? I dunno... then again, I guess it doesn't take very many ppm of chlorine to ruin a whole batch, huh?
Or it could still be an infection I suppose. I am going to use all different equipment on the next batch just to be safe (the only thing I was going to be using that was the same was the bottling bucket... I think I'm just going to get a new one, can't hurt). Either way, this sucks!