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I don't think so. It's not heavily hopped.

I would say it is a cold medicine taste. It has greatly diminished in the past week in the keg and cold.

Anything is possible. The off-flavor is dissipating enough that the beer is drinkable. It was an experiment anyway. Roughly a pale ale with a low IBU. If I make it with ale yeast it will be a good session beer.

Maybe I misdiagnosed the off-flavor. Or the wild yeast was in the packet. I used a new fermenter that was cleaned and sanitized before transferring the wort, pitched quickly with the fermentation starting sometime in the night (a few hours at most) after pitching.

I see what you did there. ;) Sorry to be the spelling police. It's one of my many faults.

Or a tar paper shack from my beloved Ozarks.

Lutra, I guess I should have done more research on strains. It might be 1.006, I said nearly 1.0, lower than I have ever seen from conventional? yeast.

FYI, shandy.

I made a simple brew with Lallemand Voss. I pitched the whole packet and the fermentation lasted about 2 days and the final gravity was nearly 1.0. The problem is the taste, it has a strong phenol taste that is gradually mellowing out but has not disappeared completely. I am asking what could...

I looked at commercial dishwashers and $3500 was the cheapest I saw. You might want to try something like this. Bucket Blaster - Keg and Carboy Washer | MoreBeer

Thanks for the info. I will mix my Magic Goo as I need it rather than have it stored. Is there a link to "(homemade) PBW" that you can share?

Someone posted that Oxiclean loses its effectiveness pretty quickly after being mixed. I have not been able to confirm that assertion. Can someone confirm or deny? I mix it up and store it in plastic containers is why I am asking.

I have been using Oxiclean and TSP as a cleaner. 7 parts Oxiclean and 3 parts non-phosphate TSP is a kick-ass cleaner. Wear gloves. I have been down a washing soda rabbit hole for the last 1/2 hour. Check out What You Need To Know About Baking Soda, Washing Soda, And Borax borax and lemon juice...

What he said. I always have trouble leaving the beer long enough to age properly. I want to drink it.

Boil all your water before adding ingredients.

I posted earlier about mixing TSP and an oxygen cleaner to get a PWB substitute. I use 7 parts oxy to 3 parts TSP. It cleans really well. Don't make it too early someone mentioned that oxygen cleaners lose their effectiveness over time.

All great info. I use powdered Oxyclean and TSP in a 7:3 ratio. 3 oz of nonphosphate TSP and 7 oz of Oxyclean. I was looking to see if Oxyclean would suffice as a sanitizer a year ago at the beginning of the Scamdemic when I still believed. I found the recipe as a substitute for PWB. We call it...

I was told not to use chlorine bleach on stainless that it will pit the surface. I don't want to use chlorine but thought someone could use the information.

I might have that book. I don't think I ever brewed that though. I was planning to ask the questions you have been asking about Starsan. I might go back to hot water for sanitizing. If I knew how to store my tubing properly it would almost be unnecessary to sanitize. I stored them in Starsan and...

Would you please share your recipe? That sounds like heaven, my second favorite beer style. Miabock being first.