So, I've been hunting down solutions to the plastic after taste and burp that's begun plaguing me as of late.
The local shop told me that they thought it might be lactobacillus. But everything I've read points to the issue with chlorine and the medicine taste (phenols?)
I've been doing partial boils with extract because until just recently I didn't have a pot big enough for a full boil. This means that once cooled with the wort chiller i dump the wort into primary and add about 2 gallons of cold tap water to make up the difference.
I know that Seattle bumped the amount of fluoride they've been adding this Janurary and my issues started about that time. Perhaps they adjusted the chlorine as well. They claim to not use chloramine (sp). This also coincides with when I got my wort chiller.
So, could crashing the temp and dumping a few gallons of cold tap water onto the wort really cause this plastic taste issue?
I know I should just brew and see, but input is nice, so I know I'm not going crazy... Alone at least.
Thanks
The local shop told me that they thought it might be lactobacillus. But everything I've read points to the issue with chlorine and the medicine taste (phenols?)
I've been doing partial boils with extract because until just recently I didn't have a pot big enough for a full boil. This means that once cooled with the wort chiller i dump the wort into primary and add about 2 gallons of cold tap water to make up the difference.
I know that Seattle bumped the amount of fluoride they've been adding this Janurary and my issues started about that time. Perhaps they adjusted the chlorine as well. They claim to not use chloramine (sp). This also coincides with when I got my wort chiller.
So, could crashing the temp and dumping a few gallons of cold tap water onto the wort really cause this plastic taste issue?
I know I should just brew and see, but input is nice, so I know I'm not going crazy... Alone at least.
Thanks