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While walking around Home Depot your wife asks if you are looking for something for the house or for making beer!

I had had that thought as well. The issue, in my head anyway, was that I would have to rinse with hot tap water and my local water has chlorine and chloramines. So I was not sure if that would help or not. Most of the beers have been fermented in the mid 60's. I place the thermometer from...

No scratches that I can see or feel. Mostly kits from some of the bigger online shops (NorthernBrewer, Austin Homebrew) and a batch from my LHBS. Along with being from different places they have been different styles as well. My fermentation temps have all been in accordance with the yeast...

Thanks for the replies. Nope. No bleach just PBW and starsan. I have been fermenting in the same 6.5 gallon fermenting bucket. I have gotten the same off flavors except for two ciders which turned out pretty good. My next thought was replacing the bucket and auto siphon/tubing in case...

At this point I feel as though I want to give up and throw in the towel. All but two of my batches have ended up with the same, nearly undrinkable off flavor. To me it tastes plastic/medicinal . . . my wife says it tastes soapy but in either case every beer ends up tasting the same after about...