Strainer and funnel get cleaned/sanitized just before use.
goodgodilovebeer said:I'd be looking real close to these two. Especially the strainer, there's really no way to clean those things properly. Try siphoning into your fermenter the next time you brew.
mvcorliss said:...What you are describing could be something different just because your palate or your vocabulary might be not "calibrated".
I would use some campden tablets. My water is GA made my beer taste funny until i started using campden tablets. They are cheap too.
naga77777 said:Just a thought, but if you see little bubbles where the racking cane and tubing meet, and they're going downstream with the beer, it could be oxidation.
MoldMan said:What water are you using to mix your StarSan with? When I hear band aid I think chlorine.
raymondim said:One thing no one has mentioned yet is the bungs/airlocks that are used on the better bottle. Are your bungs really tight? Are they old? Sanitized well?
I never make more than a gallon of starsan and that lasts me forever. it is a contact sanitizer meaning you can put a couple of cups in your better bottle and swirl it around then dump it back into the gallon jug.
One thing no one has mentioned yet is the bungs/airlocks that are used on the better bottle. Are your bungs really tight? Are they old? Sanitized well? Maybe they aren't properly closing off the air and you are getting oxidization after the fermentation finishes before you open it to see what happened. It's a bit of a stretch but maybe??? All that also for air locks
Hoppity said:Haven't talked about the chiller yet. You said your tap water sucks. Could it be leaking into the wort? How long is it taking to get to pitching temp? Is the whole chiller sanitized before 10 minute boil?
Hoppity said:I would buy a new fermentation bucket and split your nextt batch between it and your BB. Compare results to begin problem isolation. Worst case you have another fermenter to help build pipeline.
iamperplexed said:Sorry if I missed this already but are you using bulk liquid extract by chance?
I get it from morebeer.com in their kits.
I usually use tap water.
chumpsteak said:Bingo. Chlorophenols probably. My tap water is so full of chlorine if I don't let my water sit out overnight before a brew day I get plastic burps. If the chlorine content of your water is high enough even using it to mix up starsan can be bad.
Brettanomyces is the wild yeast responsible for producing the " band aid" or "astringent" flavors. Even with proper sanitation, some Brett strains will become immune to just one sanitizer. This is why big breweries will use more than one sanitizer.
Bingo. Chlorophenols probably. My tap water is so full of chlorine if I don't let my water sit out overnight before a brew day I get plastic burps. If the chlorine content of your water is high enough even using it to mix up starsan can be bad.
This is the first I've heard of "resistant strains". Is it something the average home brewer should be concerned about, or more like something to address if there's a problem?
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