Snotpoodle
Well-Known Member
Hi,
3 batches in a row have become gushers. First 2 weeks they taste great, great carbonation, all the right flavours etc etc.
As it his around 14 - 18 days, all three batches started turning a little sour, almost dry, flavour disappears and the carbonation / gushing goes through the roof.
I guess I picked up a wild yeast / gusher bug, but my question is:
I have a 2.5lb bag of dextrose that I was using for priming. It's the only common denominator in all three batches besides the bottling wand, which i bleached, washed and sanitised before bottling all three batches. Could the wild yeast bug be living in the dextrose bag (its not 100% sealed, so my guess is that this could be the problem), since I primed all three batched with this sugar, could this be the bugs home, or should i go all the way back to fermentation, and get rid of all my buckets etc.
Losing 3 batches in a row is just too much now, and it all happens around 14 - 18 days.
Thoughts?
3 batches in a row have become gushers. First 2 weeks they taste great, great carbonation, all the right flavours etc etc.
As it his around 14 - 18 days, all three batches started turning a little sour, almost dry, flavour disappears and the carbonation / gushing goes through the roof.
I guess I picked up a wild yeast / gusher bug, but my question is:
I have a 2.5lb bag of dextrose that I was using for priming. It's the only common denominator in all three batches besides the bottling wand, which i bleached, washed and sanitised before bottling all three batches. Could the wild yeast bug be living in the dextrose bag (its not 100% sealed, so my guess is that this could be the problem), since I primed all three batched with this sugar, could this be the bugs home, or should i go all the way back to fermentation, and get rid of all my buckets etc.
Losing 3 batches in a row is just too much now, and it all happens around 14 - 18 days.
Thoughts?