Gnomebrewer
Well-Known Member
I have a brew that I bottled two weeks ago that has an aroma and slight taste of nail polish remover that is getting stronger the longer it is in bottles.
Details:
Dunkelweizen
OG 1046 FG 1010 6 gallon batch
Yeast: WY3068 (second generation, used about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of yeast cake from previous hefeweizen....harvested 2 days prior).
Aeration by circulating through a pump with lots of splashing.
Yeast pitched at 65F. Fermented at 65F (actual temp, not room temp).
2 week primary, racked to bottling bucket with 6oz corn sugar (boiled in 3/4c water), then bottled.
Most of the information I can find about nail polish remover issues point to high fermentation temps, which was not the case here, or underpitching, which is also not the case (according to Mr Malty).
So, that leaves infection......this makes me sad because 4 other brews since have all gone through the same bottling bucket. I am also quite fastidious about sanitation, so infection would surprise me (wash and soak with Sodium percarbonate, sanitize immediately before use with starsan).
Any suggestions/opinions? I'm resigned to dumping the dunkelweizen, which I can live with, but am hoping to not have to dump 4 others.....
Details:
Dunkelweizen
OG 1046 FG 1010 6 gallon batch
Yeast: WY3068 (second generation, used about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of yeast cake from previous hefeweizen....harvested 2 days prior).
Aeration by circulating through a pump with lots of splashing.
Yeast pitched at 65F. Fermented at 65F (actual temp, not room temp).
2 week primary, racked to bottling bucket with 6oz corn sugar (boiled in 3/4c water), then bottled.
Most of the information I can find about nail polish remover issues point to high fermentation temps, which was not the case here, or underpitching, which is also not the case (according to Mr Malty).
So, that leaves infection......this makes me sad because 4 other brews since have all gone through the same bottling bucket. I am also quite fastidious about sanitation, so infection would surprise me (wash and soak with Sodium percarbonate, sanitize immediately before use with starsan).
Any suggestions/opinions? I'm resigned to dumping the dunkelweizen, which I can live with, but am hoping to not have to dump 4 others.....