Fin-lander
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Here is the situation: I brewed quite a few batches at my last place and made lots of fine beer. One day the batches began to go bad, and I had like 5 dumpers in a row - almost quit the hobby. I thought it was sanitation problems and did just about everything except treat my water to no avail. Eventually I moved and built a new system. The beers are all very medicinal - I'm almost positive chlorophenols are to blame. I thought at the new place I would just have to treat my water with sodium met. and I would be set. I'm 0 for 2 here at my new house. The only variable from my last place still in service is my glass carboy and I guess the iodophor. About the time I started to have trouble at the old place, I soaked a lot of my equip including my carboy in a bleach solution for like a week or 2. This is the only thing I can think of - do you think the bleach is somehow holding over from the past? I'm obviously ditching the carboy next batch, but I wanted some reassurance - this is very discouraging!
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