BelgianWannabe
Well-Known Member
so a buddy of mine recently made his first homebrew.
it tasted a little funny.
i told him about this weird taste (almost like belgian yeast funk, but with a chalky, pepto-bismol ish finish), and he said he wondered if it was because of his tub.
see, when his boil was done, he put the brewpot in a tub full of freezing cold water to cool down....apparantly there was not enough wort to weigh the pot down, and the wort spilled into the bathwater, and the water into the pot.
so, he put it back on the stove top, boiled it down a gallon, and added a few more pounds of extract.
is there any chance that something harmful/dangerous that could not be boiled away (maybe soap scum, cleaning agents) made it into his beer from the spill? if not, is there a chance that the funky taste came from the bathwater? or would that more likely come from the yeast he used (i don't remember what yeast he used, but i know he said it was a belgian yeast)
it tasted a little funny.
i told him about this weird taste (almost like belgian yeast funk, but with a chalky, pepto-bismol ish finish), and he said he wondered if it was because of his tub.
see, when his boil was done, he put the brewpot in a tub full of freezing cold water to cool down....apparantly there was not enough wort to weigh the pot down, and the wort spilled into the bathwater, and the water into the pot.
so, he put it back on the stove top, boiled it down a gallon, and added a few more pounds of extract.
is there any chance that something harmful/dangerous that could not be boiled away (maybe soap scum, cleaning agents) made it into his beer from the spill? if not, is there a chance that the funky taste came from the bathwater? or would that more likely come from the yeast he used (i don't remember what yeast he used, but i know he said it was a belgian yeast)