I've noticed that using vinyl gloves works fine in starsan. I have noticed that o-rings and some rubber stoppers will cause this smell though certainly not as strong as the nitrile gloves. I have not noticed any of the smell/taste in the beer but I do use vinyl gloves now when messing w/ starsan.
I brewed the recipe I posted but changed a couple things. I did:
11# MO
1 1/2# Munich
3/4# C20
3/4# Caramunich I
I should have stick to the 12# MO
The hop additions I changed the first three to 0.75 oz and left the last at 1oz. My IBU was a bit over 40.
It was similar to Dales...
Hey, I just started doing a little research on a Dale's Clone and found another recipe from a guy named Craig who says he was the one who had the homebrew recipe that they used to make the original Dale's from (at least) 98'-02'.
The thread can be found here
This is one of his final...
Made this a few weeks ago. I was also a little for the mash at first so scooped some out and boiled it doing a pseudo decoction to get to the right temp (153). After the temp correction I went to set up the burner and realized it was crap...had a 2 hr search for new one nearby and ended up...
Well I have encountered this as well. In fact I made up some StarSan on Wed in an old animal cracker container that I have used many times in the past. I used water from an RO system(though I was just informed the tank needed changing in June or July). When I opened it today it stank of...