Hey Folks I have a problem thats been ongoing for a while now I cant resolve.
It seems that about 80% of the time I make a keg of beer I am getting smokey wheaty off tastes.
Sometimes I dont get it at all and other times I do. Doesn't seem to matter the recipe, or the fermenter I use.
Im using a Grainfather 220V
Ive taken everything including the pump and all seals out/apart and cleaned.
I spray everything down with star san before and after brewing including all seals.
I use Powdered Brewery wash throughout the grainfather and chiller after making beer followed by a rinse then a rinse of star san through everything which I drain out and let dry.
The beer tastes good going into the fermenter but after fermenting I get these off tastes before kegging. (Although sometimes not at all and is 100% perfect)
An example one one of my brews:
3kg of pilsner malt
200g honey malt
100g dex
24g of cascade
Kevik Yeast (fresh from the pack)
Water is coming from the well, which has no off tastes or smells and when tested years ago was perfect.
Anyone have any suggestions?
It seems that about 80% of the time I make a keg of beer I am getting smokey wheaty off tastes.
Sometimes I dont get it at all and other times I do. Doesn't seem to matter the recipe, or the fermenter I use.
Im using a Grainfather 220V
Ive taken everything including the pump and all seals out/apart and cleaned.
I spray everything down with star san before and after brewing including all seals.
I use Powdered Brewery wash throughout the grainfather and chiller after making beer followed by a rinse then a rinse of star san through everything which I drain out and let dry.
The beer tastes good going into the fermenter but after fermenting I get these off tastes before kegging. (Although sometimes not at all and is 100% perfect)
An example one one of my brews:
3kg of pilsner malt
200g honey malt
100g dex
24g of cascade
Kevik Yeast (fresh from the pack)
Water is coming from the well, which has no off tastes or smells and when tested years ago was perfect.
Anyone have any suggestions?