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This is my third time brewing on my own so far and none have turned out well.
Tonight I transferred to the secondary. The primary has a very short krausen ring and a very pungent smell. Almost chemical. It's exactly how my other two have smelled.
The flavor of my previous two has been plastic-y and makes your mouth feel dry (and smooth? if that makes sense?). I looked it up and saw that a lot of times it has to do with cleaning solutions you use to sanitize. I was using a very mild bleach solution. I changed it up this time and went with Oxy Clean and some Star San. Same results. What could I possibly be doing wrong?
I used the Christmas Ale kit from Midwest Supplies with wyeast.
Please let me know if you have any questions. I haven't taken a gravity reading on this one but I did on my previous two and they were perfect.