Shoemaker
Well-Known Member
I'm on the verge of quitting homebrewing. Its been about a year, and after many successful brews, recently about more than half of mine have turned out to be crap. I'm really sick of throwing out batches and wasting money and I can't figure out this problem I keep getting.
Like I posted a million times before, I keep getting a phenol taste to my brews (cloudy look, clove-hefe taste). I get this problem with my light beers and my dark beers I get a kinda of pukey smell, hot taste. Yeah I know its nasty.
Now after trying everything and becoming extremely frustrated, I'm beginning to question the norms in homebrewing, even though I might be attacked for doing so.
1.) I use Oxyclean free to clean my stuff. Is this stuff really safe to use? I always rinse thoroughly after using.
2.) I use star san to sanitize and don't rinse. Safe?
3.) Is there such a thing as overcrushing? I usually crush my grain twice.
4.) I leave my brews in primary for a month without secondary. Could this be a problem?
I'm really desperate. Any help would be appreciated.
Like I posted a million times before, I keep getting a phenol taste to my brews (cloudy look, clove-hefe taste). I get this problem with my light beers and my dark beers I get a kinda of pukey smell, hot taste. Yeah I know its nasty.
Now after trying everything and becoming extremely frustrated, I'm beginning to question the norms in homebrewing, even though I might be attacked for doing so.
1.) I use Oxyclean free to clean my stuff. Is this stuff really safe to use? I always rinse thoroughly after using.
2.) I use star san to sanitize and don't rinse. Safe?
3.) Is there such a thing as overcrushing? I usually crush my grain twice.
4.) I leave my brews in primary for a month without secondary. Could this be a problem?
I'm really desperate. Any help would be appreciated.