I've now made two batches of beer since I started the homebrewing. Both are the Mountmellick brand canned extract. One being the Irish Stout and the other Brown Ale.
They both have the same odd taste and smell to them though. I really can't stand more than a couple tastes of either. The smell reminds me of the starsan sanitizer. Even though I've seen it everywhere that starsan does not need to be rinsed, the local brew store suggested rinsing the bottles prior to bottling. After sitting in the closet for a month, they have a nice pop when opened. There's a good 1-2 inches of head on it when pouring into a glass.
Here's how I'm cleaning/sanitizing the bottles if anyone could point out something that might be wrong. The bottles have no visble dirt or reside so they're soaked in a bucket of 5start pbw for about 30 mins and then soaked in a second bucket filled with starsan for around 30 mins as well. They then put into the bottom rack of the dishwasher to drain and dry. They're not actually washed in the dishwasher though. After drying they're put into a crate capped until ready to be filled. Which maybe a couple weeks later when ready to bottle.
When the bottles are taken out of the starsan and the bottle dumped into the bucket. The starsan leaves soap bubble looking foam inside the bottle. Once dried this there is no apparent film. Although the outside of the bottles seems to have a slippery film to them.
When using the bottling wand to partly fill a clean glass, at bottling time, the beer did not have this nasty after taste to it. As much as I've read that starsan contributes no off flavors, it seems theres is something going on there.
They both have the same odd taste and smell to them though. I really can't stand more than a couple tastes of either. The smell reminds me of the starsan sanitizer. Even though I've seen it everywhere that starsan does not need to be rinsed, the local brew store suggested rinsing the bottles prior to bottling. After sitting in the closet for a month, they have a nice pop when opened. There's a good 1-2 inches of head on it when pouring into a glass.
Here's how I'm cleaning/sanitizing the bottles if anyone could point out something that might be wrong. The bottles have no visble dirt or reside so they're soaked in a bucket of 5start pbw for about 30 mins and then soaked in a second bucket filled with starsan for around 30 mins as well. They then put into the bottom rack of the dishwasher to drain and dry. They're not actually washed in the dishwasher though. After drying they're put into a crate capped until ready to be filled. Which maybe a couple weeks later when ready to bottle.
When the bottles are taken out of the starsan and the bottle dumped into the bucket. The starsan leaves soap bubble looking foam inside the bottle. Once dried this there is no apparent film. Although the outside of the bottles seems to have a slippery film to them.
When using the bottling wand to partly fill a clean glass, at bottling time, the beer did not have this nasty after taste to it. As much as I've read that starsan contributes no off flavors, it seems theres is something going on there.
