dpipitone
Member
Hi there.
I am battling a irritating metallic taste in pretty much all of my brews so far. I am on brew #6, and my most recent (Jamil's Raison de Saison) is my first all grain, and I can smell and taste a bit of it already tonight while I was checking the gravity (although it has a lot of drying out to do still and is very sweet). I have tasted this in all my previous extract and PM brews (Porter, Oatmeal Stout PM, IPA, Wit and Hef).
I am using a pair of basic stainless 20 QT brew pots for strike and sparge water and a 10 gallon stainless brew kettle from Instawares. I also use a brand new copper wort chiller (again, only for the last few brews) and I even recently switched to using Star San instead of OneStep. I have a Brita filter on my faucet and the water tastes pretty much fine out of the tap.
So, besides using a different approach to water, I have tried to eliminate the most obvious causes sanitation, etc.
Another homebrewer in my same neighborhood is using the same water and all he does is use the 5.2 pH stabilizer, but again, before going all grain I noticed it.
So I am looking for some suggestions on what I should consider looking at next.
Could it be the pipes in the house between the supply and the faucet? Is it possible that my water can taste OK out of the tap using the Brita charcoal filter but changes during fermentation? Should I switch to spring + distilled?
I'm stumped.
Thanks in advance.
Daniel
I am battling a irritating metallic taste in pretty much all of my brews so far. I am on brew #6, and my most recent (Jamil's Raison de Saison) is my first all grain, and I can smell and taste a bit of it already tonight while I was checking the gravity (although it has a lot of drying out to do still and is very sweet). I have tasted this in all my previous extract and PM brews (Porter, Oatmeal Stout PM, IPA, Wit and Hef).
I am using a pair of basic stainless 20 QT brew pots for strike and sparge water and a 10 gallon stainless brew kettle from Instawares. I also use a brand new copper wort chiller (again, only for the last few brews) and I even recently switched to using Star San instead of OneStep. I have a Brita filter on my faucet and the water tastes pretty much fine out of the tap.
So, besides using a different approach to water, I have tried to eliminate the most obvious causes sanitation, etc.
Another homebrewer in my same neighborhood is using the same water and all he does is use the 5.2 pH stabilizer, but again, before going all grain I noticed it.
So I am looking for some suggestions on what I should consider looking at next.
Could it be the pipes in the house between the supply and the faucet? Is it possible that my water can taste OK out of the tap using the Brita charcoal filter but changes during fermentation? Should I switch to spring + distilled?
I'm stumped.
Thanks in advance.
Daniel