zyx345
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I recently made a Mr. Beer Winter Lager that I got very cheap. My fermenter is 6 gallons and the Mr. Beer batch was a 2 gallon batch, so I had a lot of head space. I sanatized with Star San and prior to that I cleaned the fermenter with Oxi-Clean free.
I did two weeks in the fermenter, and two weeks bottle conditioning.
I opened a bottle and it has a taste like a very mediciney band-aid like flavor. I couldn't even finish one glass. I thought it could have been the water but I mostly used bottled water. The only tap water (5 cups) that was used to boil and dissolve the DME.
According to John Palmer, this could be caused by reaction of chlorine-based sanitizers.
http://www.howtobrew.com/section4/chapter21-2.html
I want to try an prevent this for my next brew. I'm wondering could any residual that didn't rinse out completely Oxi-Clean be the culprit?
In any event, sadly I may have to dump this batch.
I did two weeks in the fermenter, and two weeks bottle conditioning.
I opened a bottle and it has a taste like a very mediciney band-aid like flavor. I couldn't even finish one glass. I thought it could have been the water but I mostly used bottled water. The only tap water (5 cups) that was used to boil and dissolve the DME.
According to John Palmer, this could be caused by reaction of chlorine-based sanitizers.
http://www.howtobrew.com/section4/chapter21-2.html
I want to try an prevent this for my next brew. I'm wondering could any residual that didn't rinse out completely Oxi-Clean be the culprit?
In any event, sadly I may have to dump this batch.