bonecitybrewco
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Hey all,
A long time ago I posted about a consistent off flavour I was getting. I've literally done everything I can think of to try and isolate this solvent like smell and after-belch (which sounds as disgusting as it is).
I'm at my wits end here and not sure what I can do about it. I've isolated it to one of the following variables. It is either a batch of Cascade hops or one of my glass carboys. Has anyone EVER heard of a glass carboy having micro scratches that could harbour bacteria from an oxygen cleaner plus both starsan and iodophor? Better yet, has anyone ever had a batch of hops lead to that significant of an off flavour?
I'm at my end here. Not even sure how to approach it.
What makes me think it's the hops is this: only the batches I've used these Cascades in have produced this flavour. The ONLY way it is a carboy causing it is in the random chance that it's the same carboy on every batch that has this issue.
The reason I know it's not the process is that I've had many great batches with no off flavour and only a few with this specific off flavour using the same processes on all batches in terms of cleaning and sanitizing and everything else.
I cannot nail down what this off flavour is though. It's solventy and produces hot burps. That I know.
A long time ago I posted about a consistent off flavour I was getting. I've literally done everything I can think of to try and isolate this solvent like smell and after-belch (which sounds as disgusting as it is).
I'm at my wits end here and not sure what I can do about it. I've isolated it to one of the following variables. It is either a batch of Cascade hops or one of my glass carboys. Has anyone EVER heard of a glass carboy having micro scratches that could harbour bacteria from an oxygen cleaner plus both starsan and iodophor? Better yet, has anyone ever had a batch of hops lead to that significant of an off flavour?
I'm at my end here. Not even sure how to approach it.
What makes me think it's the hops is this: only the batches I've used these Cascades in have produced this flavour. The ONLY way it is a carboy causing it is in the random chance that it's the same carboy on every batch that has this issue.
The reason I know it's not the process is that I've had many great batches with no off flavour and only a few with this specific off flavour using the same processes on all batches in terms of cleaning and sanitizing and everything else.
I cannot nail down what this off flavour is though. It's solventy and produces hot burps. That I know.