jamespz03
Active Member
Well my IPA turned out to be what my wife called, "Dangerous". I must have contaminated it somehow and I have no idea where in the process I did it. I'm very obsessed with sanitation to the point I'll spray everything even after a soak and then spray my hands several times during the process.
In an effort to understand where I went wrong, can you help with the common places this happens?
I used Star-san in a sink, which was a first as I usually use a bowl. I didn't clean the sink first so perhaps that was an issue?
I re-used a blow-off tube but reversed the ends. Maybe that wasn't as clean as I thought? I don't know how to scrub 3 feet of tube so I soaked it in soap, rinsed, and then a long soak in star-san prior to use.
I soaked the bottles in star-san and didn't do any "pre-cleaning" to them. They were new ones from the LHBS. I did do this for the first batch so I'm guessing I either got lucky or this was an issue.
At the bottom of a bottle after pour, there appeared to be a white liquid substance, I'm guessing it was left over sugar pills since I didn't see this when using the honey method per the kit instructions.
Thanks for any help. I'm hoping to get this figured out before trying my last two batches and then deciding to continue or quit. As you can imagine, I'm a little gun shy now and thankful I didn't drop a ton of money into this yet. I'm 0/3 and feeling a tiny bit discouraged. I'm hoping a helping hand can turn things around.
In an effort to understand where I went wrong, can you help with the common places this happens?
I used Star-san in a sink, which was a first as I usually use a bowl. I didn't clean the sink first so perhaps that was an issue?
I re-used a blow-off tube but reversed the ends. Maybe that wasn't as clean as I thought? I don't know how to scrub 3 feet of tube so I soaked it in soap, rinsed, and then a long soak in star-san prior to use.
I soaked the bottles in star-san and didn't do any "pre-cleaning" to them. They were new ones from the LHBS. I did do this for the first batch so I'm guessing I either got lucky or this was an issue.
At the bottom of a bottle after pour, there appeared to be a white liquid substance, I'm guessing it was left over sugar pills since I didn't see this when using the honey method per the kit instructions.
Thanks for any help. I'm hoping to get this figured out before trying my last two batches and then deciding to continue or quit. As you can imagine, I'm a little gun shy now and thankful I didn't drop a ton of money into this yet. I'm 0/3 and feeling a tiny bit discouraged. I'm hoping a helping hand can turn things around.