HomeDrewBrew
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My last few batches of lighter beers have had a bad off flavour during fermentation.
First one was a lager i did when i noticed it.
If i could describe the flavour and smell it would be i wanna say plasticky?,Cardboard and not as sweet as should be almost watery and metalic.
Now what ive narrowed it down to and only things ive changed i can think of is being as its hotter months of brewing here in Canada when i go to cool the beer ill cool to 90F then toss in 6.5gal buckets then stick in fridge to cool then pitch the next day!.
Ive not had a problem with this method before with a lager or any other beers for that matter...
Another possibility is my my Sanitization.
My tap water isnt the greatest and when i use half tap (with camden) and half ro for darker beers and almost full ro for light beers when im using starsan to sanitize i havent been using ro with starsan,ive just gone right from tap to spray bottle.
Now would that little bit i use to sanitize the buckets,lid etc..could cause the whole batch to go that off??.
Or the extra day of cooling and pitching could b the culprit?.
Thanks
My last few batches of lighter beers have had a bad off flavour during fermentation.
First one was a lager i did when i noticed it.
If i could describe the flavour and smell it would be i wanna say plasticky?,Cardboard and not as sweet as should be almost watery and metalic.
Now what ive narrowed it down to and only things ive changed i can think of is being as its hotter months of brewing here in Canada when i go to cool the beer ill cool to 90F then toss in 6.5gal buckets then stick in fridge to cool then pitch the next day!.
Ive not had a problem with this method before with a lager or any other beers for that matter...
Another possibility is my my Sanitization.
My tap water isnt the greatest and when i use half tap (with camden) and half ro for darker beers and almost full ro for light beers when im using starsan to sanitize i havent been using ro with starsan,ive just gone right from tap to spray bottle.
Now would that little bit i use to sanitize the buckets,lid etc..could cause the whole batch to go that off??.
Or the extra day of cooling and pitching could b the culprit?.
Thanks