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Can starsan leach rubber phenol into the beer?

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mullenium

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I just bottled a fruit ale (mcmenamins ruby clone) and it's got a weird rubber band-aid phenol, almost like the way the rubber airlock gasket smells.. Since I use starsan is it possible the acid caused this off flavor to leach out into my beer?

Possible from the tubing I use to transfer primary to secondary, or the rubber gasket, or the fact I use PET carboys

Will it ever age out?
 
What temperature did you ferment at, and with what yeast?
 
What temperature did you ferment at, and with what yeast?

Pitched at 67

Made sure temps never got above mid 70's.

I did have some crazy blowoff at first

Pitched on top of a yeast cake from my last pale ale, which was Brewed with 6month old washed Roselare yeast (kept in fridge and washed very good) and Wyeast American ale smack pack

Maybe it was the old yeast?

The pale ale was great and has no off phenols though

I did use a mishmash of frozen fruit from the freezer, made sure I washed and boiled it before adding to secondary

It even smells like the phenol, so its not just an off taste
 
I have had the same issue and wondered if the star san could have had something to do with it..
 
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