1 - Fridge.
Only used for beer and yeast. Lower level - up to 4 Corny kegs (currently 3).
Upper level - yeast on slants, hops, whatever.
Fridge is immaculately clean, no spills, no mildew - it is pristine.
2 - APA in keg.
About 2-3L left there, been sitting in fridge for ~2mnths, QD on OUT line, cobra tap there. Pressurized to serving pressure.
3 - Wit in keg.
ABout 12-13L left, been there since 3 May. QD on OUT, cobra tap. Pressurized to serving pressure.
No problem with these kegs, beer lines, taps, fridge, CO2 tank - anything, ever before.
Today, I opened the fridge and there was strong stench of, errr... what? - rubber? band aid? people say these smells are different, but as I have never had problem of this sort before, how would I make difference between them.
I poured myself a glass of APA, and it was hardly drinkable at all (it was fine 48 hours ago). Stench+taste of this rubber/hospital trash.
Now,
- it was perfectly OK as recently as 48 hours back
- keg is perfectly air tight
- beer line had not been removed/reattached
- I had beers sitting there for much longer, no problem
I was puzzled, the least to say. OK, as there was not much left in the keg anyway I decided to feed the beer to Mr Toilet, so I put the keg next to the toilet, bled the pressure and then I had something else to do.
In an hour, the keg warmed up (and the pressure in it built up) so before pouring it out I decided to take another chance. Poured another glass - perfectly fine beer, except warm and flat.
Damn.
Tried a glass of wit - it was OK if a bit rubbery, but I cant make sure whether it was my own paranoia and the foul taste residue in my mouth, or it was really bad.
Just in case took off the line, threw it into sanitizer solution. APA - decided to finish it and throw out what I could not. (well, I managed to deal with all of it).
Stuck my nose into fridge - stench still there, but times weaker.
WHAT COULD THIS BE????
Thanks for any ideas.
Only used for beer and yeast. Lower level - up to 4 Corny kegs (currently 3).
Upper level - yeast on slants, hops, whatever.
Fridge is immaculately clean, no spills, no mildew - it is pristine.
2 - APA in keg.
About 2-3L left there, been sitting in fridge for ~2mnths, QD on OUT line, cobra tap there. Pressurized to serving pressure.
3 - Wit in keg.
ABout 12-13L left, been there since 3 May. QD on OUT, cobra tap. Pressurized to serving pressure.
No problem with these kegs, beer lines, taps, fridge, CO2 tank - anything, ever before.
Today, I opened the fridge and there was strong stench of, errr... what? - rubber? band aid? people say these smells are different, but as I have never had problem of this sort before, how would I make difference between them.
I poured myself a glass of APA, and it was hardly drinkable at all (it was fine 48 hours ago). Stench+taste of this rubber/hospital trash.
Now,
- it was perfectly OK as recently as 48 hours back
- keg is perfectly air tight
- beer line had not been removed/reattached
- I had beers sitting there for much longer, no problem
I was puzzled, the least to say. OK, as there was not much left in the keg anyway I decided to feed the beer to Mr Toilet, so I put the keg next to the toilet, bled the pressure and then I had something else to do.
In an hour, the keg warmed up (and the pressure in it built up) so before pouring it out I decided to take another chance. Poured another glass - perfectly fine beer, except warm and flat.
Damn.
Tried a glass of wit - it was OK if a bit rubbery, but I cant make sure whether it was my own paranoia and the foul taste residue in my mouth, or it was really bad.
Just in case took off the line, threw it into sanitizer solution. APA - decided to finish it and throw out what I could not. (well, I managed to deal with all of it).
Stuck my nose into fridge - stench still there, but times weaker.
WHAT COULD THIS BE????
Thanks for any ideas.