bell0347
Well-Known Member
What's going on here? So far my track record as a brewer sucks. I brewed a
Cooper's wheat extract kit for my first brew and things went pretty well but
the product tastes like crap, even after 2mos. in bottles. My second brew
was a Northern Brewer Irish Red extract kit and the sample going into the
bottles was excellent and the one week sample was decent but now the two
week bottle I just opened taste like soap/chemicals, hard to explain. I
have plastic primary and SS 5 gal. boil pot. I use Iodophor mixed at two
capfulls into 5gal. water. I clean everything with oxyclean after use, then
before I brew I clean it with palmolive free(no dyes or perfumes), rinse really
well with steaming hot water, then I sanitize with the iodophor and just let it
air dry while brewing. Anything and everything that comes into contact with
the post boil wort is sanitized. I wash bottles the same way as everyting
else. I am careful to siphon quietly and I store the bottles in a cool dark
place. I place the primary bucket in a tub of water that usually stays around
60-65F. I primary for 16days. I have read The Complete Joy of
Homebrewing, Home Brewing for Dummies, and I have read most of the intro.
to Brewing Classic Styles as
well as spend quite a lot of time surfing these forums. What gives? Not
giving up, got the ingredients to partial mash BierMuncher's Centennial Blonde
but I want this to turn out well, any
suggestions.
Cooper's wheat extract kit for my first brew and things went pretty well but
the product tastes like crap, even after 2mos. in bottles. My second brew
was a Northern Brewer Irish Red extract kit and the sample going into the
bottles was excellent and the one week sample was decent but now the two
week bottle I just opened taste like soap/chemicals, hard to explain. I
have plastic primary and SS 5 gal. boil pot. I use Iodophor mixed at two
capfulls into 5gal. water. I clean everything with oxyclean after use, then
before I brew I clean it with palmolive free(no dyes or perfumes), rinse really
well with steaming hot water, then I sanitize with the iodophor and just let it
air dry while brewing. Anything and everything that comes into contact with
the post boil wort is sanitized. I wash bottles the same way as everyting
else. I am careful to siphon quietly and I store the bottles in a cool dark
place. I place the primary bucket in a tub of water that usually stays around
60-65F. I primary for 16days. I have read The Complete Joy of
Homebrewing, Home Brewing for Dummies, and I have read most of the intro.
to Brewing Classic Styles as
well as spend quite a lot of time surfing these forums. What gives? Not
giving up, got the ingredients to partial mash BierMuncher's Centennial Blonde
but I want this to turn out well, any
suggestions.