Hey there, hopefully someone can help me with this problem I've been scouring the forums up and down after every batch trying to fix this but I can't seem to figure it out. I've brewed 3 batches of beer, all which taste great, hit their FG, but after bottling end up with the same medicinal/vinyl/chlorine flavor.
1st batch was Brown Ale, tested a bottle after 2 weeks, tasted great, after 3 weeks it was all chlorine flavor.
2nd batch was an APA, same result. After this we decided to switch to bottled water.
3rd batch was a Porter with 1084 Wyeast and bottled water. We also were able to cool the wort very fast after learning the first two times. Fermented at ~64-65. Everything thoroughly sanitized with StarSan. Tested a bottle at 2 weeks and had a huge relief to find the chlorine flavor was gone and the beer tasted excellent, popped open a bottle today and its once again an annoying medicinal taste and flavor.
Any guess as to what this is? I had hoped the bottled water would eliminate it, but apparently not. We take every precaution when sanitizing and I just cant seem to get over this godawful scent......should I thoroughly clean all my equipment? Replace hoses? Get new bottles? Is it because the bottles still have star-san residue in them? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
1st batch was Brown Ale, tested a bottle after 2 weeks, tasted great, after 3 weeks it was all chlorine flavor.
2nd batch was an APA, same result. After this we decided to switch to bottled water.
3rd batch was a Porter with 1084 Wyeast and bottled water. We also were able to cool the wort very fast after learning the first two times. Fermented at ~64-65. Everything thoroughly sanitized with StarSan. Tested a bottle at 2 weeks and had a huge relief to find the chlorine flavor was gone and the beer tasted excellent, popped open a bottle today and its once again an annoying medicinal taste and flavor.
Any guess as to what this is? I had hoped the bottled water would eliminate it, but apparently not. We take every precaution when sanitizing and I just cant seem to get over this godawful scent......should I thoroughly clean all my equipment? Replace hoses? Get new bottles? Is it because the bottles still have star-san residue in them? Any help would be greatly appreciated.