ThatGuyRyan
Well-Known Member
I had my first infection on a batch of Hobgoblin Clone. After fermenting and kegging it developed a plastic band-aid bitter taste. I could not believe that I had an infection at first since I clean my equipment like a mad man with oxyclean directly after using. Then I soak and rinse with idophoer before storing my equipment. Then before I use or brew again everything gets soaked in Starsan.
So I was going over my recipe and notes again and again thinking that I just missed something but could not find anything. Forward to my last brewday. I had my fermenting bucket that I was going to use for that batch filled with Starsan waiting to go when I reached into the bucket to get my measuring cup that was soaking I brushed against the side and what would you know it was all scratched to hell!
I transferred the Starsan to another bucket and felt all around the inside and it was just destroyed! Then I looked at the label on the side and what did it say. Hobgoblin! Dammit thats how my beer got infected. I realized that I used a metal wisk to aerate that batch and obviously I went at it a little too hard killing my bucked. At least I noticed it now and got the new brew into a good bucket.
I only used a wisk two or three times and no longer use it and checked all my buckets so thats not an issue anymore but now I have 5 gallons of beer that is not so horrible that you cant drink it. To be honest after about 1 1/2 pints you get use to it. But do I really want to be slowly drinking this for the next month or two! I really want to toss it but I have never tossed a beer yet and find it hard to make myself. Will it be Bad Juju to toss this or will just taking out of the fridge and storing it for a while help or make it worse?
Please someone convince me to man up and drink it or sacrifice it to the sewer gods.
So I was going over my recipe and notes again and again thinking that I just missed something but could not find anything. Forward to my last brewday. I had my fermenting bucket that I was going to use for that batch filled with Starsan waiting to go when I reached into the bucket to get my measuring cup that was soaking I brushed against the side and what would you know it was all scratched to hell!
I transferred the Starsan to another bucket and felt all around the inside and it was just destroyed! Then I looked at the label on the side and what did it say. Hobgoblin! Dammit thats how my beer got infected. I realized that I used a metal wisk to aerate that batch and obviously I went at it a little too hard killing my bucked. At least I noticed it now and got the new brew into a good bucket.
I only used a wisk two or three times and no longer use it and checked all my buckets so thats not an issue anymore but now I have 5 gallons of beer that is not so horrible that you cant drink it. To be honest after about 1 1/2 pints you get use to it. But do I really want to be slowly drinking this for the next month or two! I really want to toss it but I have never tossed a beer yet and find it hard to make myself. Will it be Bad Juju to toss this or will just taking out of the fridge and storing it for a while help or make it worse?
Please someone convince me to man up and drink it or sacrifice it to the sewer gods.