So it was about two years ago now I made a Vanilla Cream Ale that I mistakenly used Imitation Vanilla Extract. This was an extract batch that I boiled potentially with the lid on as at the time I was boiling on my stove and could barely keep 5g boiling without the lid.
Now at the time I had just gotten into kegging so this was a new (to me) corny I got from either my lhbs or online (honestly no idea which one now)
I know that I sternly washed it out...but I'm fairly certain I didn't Oxy soak it. It was sanitized however using Ido (didn't discover starsan yet)
Lo and behold when I tap this keg last year it has this overwhelming "chemical" taste to it. I can't call it wet cardboard or plastic...I have to call it chemical, maybe medical, ya know?
So I have to pitch this batch cause no amount of aging would have cleared it. It was BAD.
Dumped it and scrubbed the inside out. Again no Oxy soak as I hadn't discovered this (or this website for that mater) yet. But it was scrubbed hard using my carboy brush. Completely disassembled and filled with StarSan (which is what I use now) and sat until I needed it.
Enter last year, while making one of my last Extract batches (again full boil with lid on) I used this keg again.
A few weeks ago I tap this Citrus Wiezen and what do you know...Chemical taste again! Now the big difference this time was when I kegged it I had some left over beer so I was able to tab carb it and bottled a 4 pack.
The 4 pack is fine (if a bit overcarbed...) but doesn't taste Chemically.
I was thinking it had to be something I had done, like DMS from the boil even if it was extract but the 4-pack kind of blows that out right?
So it has to be the Keg right?
What could it have been?
I currently have it soaking in Oxy (full strength)...but should I even trust this keg again?
Thoughts?
Now at the time I had just gotten into kegging so this was a new (to me) corny I got from either my lhbs or online (honestly no idea which one now)
I know that I sternly washed it out...but I'm fairly certain I didn't Oxy soak it. It was sanitized however using Ido (didn't discover starsan yet)
Lo and behold when I tap this keg last year it has this overwhelming "chemical" taste to it. I can't call it wet cardboard or plastic...I have to call it chemical, maybe medical, ya know?
So I have to pitch this batch cause no amount of aging would have cleared it. It was BAD.
Dumped it and scrubbed the inside out. Again no Oxy soak as I hadn't discovered this (or this website for that mater) yet. But it was scrubbed hard using my carboy brush. Completely disassembled and filled with StarSan (which is what I use now) and sat until I needed it.
Enter last year, while making one of my last Extract batches (again full boil with lid on) I used this keg again.
A few weeks ago I tap this Citrus Wiezen and what do you know...Chemical taste again! Now the big difference this time was when I kegged it I had some left over beer so I was able to tab carb it and bottled a 4 pack.
The 4 pack is fine (if a bit overcarbed...) but doesn't taste Chemically.
I was thinking it had to be something I had done, like DMS from the boil even if it was extract but the 4-pack kind of blows that out right?
So it has to be the Keg right?
What could it have been?
I currently have it soaking in Oxy (full strength)...but should I even trust this keg again?
Thoughts?