MilwaukeesBus
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Hi all,
I had a quick question about the plastic fermenter buckets. I'm on my fourth brew now and my first was an irish stout. It was left in the primary for 3 weeks, when I bottled that batch I cleaned the fermenter and brewed a ESB the next day. When that batch was done I cleaned the fermenter and let it sit in my garage for a week. Yesterday I got the bucket out to brew a new batch and it still had a heavy alcohol smell to it which was starting to smell kind of skunky. I know that the plastic can absorb scents and what not but I figured that it would dissipate after a week or so. So sorry for the long lead in but here's my question, will my skunky fermenter impart unwanted aroma/flavor to my new batch? And if so is there anything that can be done to remove scents from plastic buckets.
TIA,
Steve
I had a quick question about the plastic fermenter buckets. I'm on my fourth brew now and my first was an irish stout. It was left in the primary for 3 weeks, when I bottled that batch I cleaned the fermenter and brewed a ESB the next day. When that batch was done I cleaned the fermenter and let it sit in my garage for a week. Yesterday I got the bucket out to brew a new batch and it still had a heavy alcohol smell to it which was starting to smell kind of skunky. I know that the plastic can absorb scents and what not but I figured that it would dissipate after a week or so. So sorry for the long lead in but here's my question, will my skunky fermenter impart unwanted aroma/flavor to my new batch? And if so is there anything that can be done to remove scents from plastic buckets.
TIA,
Steve