Gambit255
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I bottled my first batch on 12/19, an Irish stout. The night I bottled it, the beer tasted great (a little undeveloped, but just fine). A couple of weeks later, I tried another one, and it tasted not so great. Now, when I pour one of my beers, the glass will totally fill with head before I have even poured a quarter of a bottle, and the beer is undrinkable (it just seems to get worse and worse).
I called my local brew shop, and the guy asked what kind of bottles I used and how I cleaned them. I had recycled old 22's and 12's from commercial beers, plus a few from another homebrewer. I used soap and water right after drinking the beer from the bottles and ran them all through the dishwasher right before I bottled my own beer.
The brew shop guy said I should have used a cleaner (Oxiclean, e.g.) and sanitizer (One Step, e.g.) instead of soap/water and using the dishwasher. He thinks my beers got contaminated inside the bottles.
First, does his assessment seem right? I took great care to sanitize my equipment with sanitizer, but I think I just put too much faith in my dishwasher to sanitize the bottles.
Second, is this beer worth keeping? Am I sitting on a pile of bottle bombs?
Any help is appreciated. I have a second batch coming out of the fermenter next weekend, and I do NOT want to screw this one up. It's an IPA I am really excited about.
I called my local brew shop, and the guy asked what kind of bottles I used and how I cleaned them. I had recycled old 22's and 12's from commercial beers, plus a few from another homebrewer. I used soap and water right after drinking the beer from the bottles and ran them all through the dishwasher right before I bottled my own beer.
The brew shop guy said I should have used a cleaner (Oxiclean, e.g.) and sanitizer (One Step, e.g.) instead of soap/water and using the dishwasher. He thinks my beers got contaminated inside the bottles.
First, does his assessment seem right? I took great care to sanitize my equipment with sanitizer, but I think I just put too much faith in my dishwasher to sanitize the bottles.
Second, is this beer worth keeping? Am I sitting on a pile of bottle bombs?
Any help is appreciated. I have a second batch coming out of the fermenter next weekend, and I do NOT want to screw this one up. It's an IPA I am really excited about.