Quick Question about Sanitation

Hi.... I made a batch of beer towards the begining of the summer and it didnt ferment right and I ended up throwing it away last night. It was in a "Ale Pale" for at least two months. The pale now smells sort of sour and I tried soaking it in bleach water overnight. It got a little better, but I am wondering if I should ditch this pale and buy a new one. I have only brewed a few batches and I am assuming that the pales start to smell eventually. Let me know how your pales smell!!!:cross:

Thank you

One more reason I stopped using plastic.

I have had 0 ill effects from using plastic.

I asked a similar question a few weeks ago, you might find the responses interesting..

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=41766

BG73395 said:

It got a little better, but I am wondering if I should ditch this pale and buy a new one. I have only brewed a few batches and I am assuming that the pales start to smell eventually. Let me know how your pales smell!!!:cross:

Thank you

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I've been using my bucket for about 6 years and it doesn't have any noticable odor.

I would religate it to being a sanitizer bucket. Don't even use it for storing brewing equipment, you don't want that infection to inadvertantly transferring to other equipment.