Okay, so, I want to make sure I am not missing anything before I go nuclear tomorrow and get all new plastic equipment.
So, I have had a few batches that have become gushers in the bottle. I have made 29 batches. Batch 008- An amber made with WY3522 (gusher, tastes like high carbonation). Batch 013- A porter made with Notty (gusher, tastes like old newspaper/stale). Batch 014- An IPA made with US-05 (slow gusher, but tastes like slight acidity). Batch 023- A blonde made with a 4th generation WY3787 (Big gusher, seriously tastes almost like a berliner weisse right now, but it is really fresh.)
Now, I should mention that batch 9 was fine, batch 10 is fine, batch 11 is fine, batch 12 is fine, batch 15 is in secondary, batch 16 is fine, batch 16 is fine, batch 17 is half in a keg-half in a secondary with no signs, batch 18 is in secondary, batch 19 is fine, batch 20 is fine, batch 22 is in keg with no signs, batch 24 is in secondary, batch 25 is in keg with no signs, batch 26-29 are still in primary.
So, here are my thoughts:
It shouldn't be the glass carboy, thoroughly cleaned and glass won't harbor wild yeast well. It shouldn't be the racking cane/tubing as there is no signs in my keg after at least 4 weeks. It shouldn't be the bottles themselves because it is unlikely it would be in ALL of the bottles. It shouldn't be the the propogation mechanism for yeast as 1. They don't taste sour going into the bottle, 2. There is no visible pellicle at any time, and 3. Dry yeasts and liquid yeasts are infected.
It could be the bottling wand/tubing. It could be the spoon I stir with before bottling. It could be the bottling bucket itself. Anyway, I the last instance makes me want to think that it is lacto, but I don't know for sure.
Yes, I do sanitize well with starsan. Yes, I also rinse before sanitizing with oxyclean and do not "scrub" my buckets/plastic parts, merely wipe hard.
Anyway, my plan is to get a new bottling bucket, spoon (stainless steel), bottling wand and tubing. Also, buy some iodophor and alternate between that and starsan from now on, and getting rid of all of the above possible infection spots.
So, I have had a few batches that have become gushers in the bottle. I have made 29 batches. Batch 008- An amber made with WY3522 (gusher, tastes like high carbonation). Batch 013- A porter made with Notty (gusher, tastes like old newspaper/stale). Batch 014- An IPA made with US-05 (slow gusher, but tastes like slight acidity). Batch 023- A blonde made with a 4th generation WY3787 (Big gusher, seriously tastes almost like a berliner weisse right now, but it is really fresh.)
Now, I should mention that batch 9 was fine, batch 10 is fine, batch 11 is fine, batch 12 is fine, batch 15 is in secondary, batch 16 is fine, batch 16 is fine, batch 17 is half in a keg-half in a secondary with no signs, batch 18 is in secondary, batch 19 is fine, batch 20 is fine, batch 22 is in keg with no signs, batch 24 is in secondary, batch 25 is in keg with no signs, batch 26-29 are still in primary.
So, here are my thoughts:
It shouldn't be the glass carboy, thoroughly cleaned and glass won't harbor wild yeast well. It shouldn't be the racking cane/tubing as there is no signs in my keg after at least 4 weeks. It shouldn't be the bottles themselves because it is unlikely it would be in ALL of the bottles. It shouldn't be the the propogation mechanism for yeast as 1. They don't taste sour going into the bottle, 2. There is no visible pellicle at any time, and 3. Dry yeasts and liquid yeasts are infected.
It could be the bottling wand/tubing. It could be the spoon I stir with before bottling. It could be the bottling bucket itself. Anyway, I the last instance makes me want to think that it is lacto, but I don't know for sure.
Yes, I do sanitize well with starsan. Yes, I also rinse before sanitizing with oxyclean and do not "scrub" my buckets/plastic parts, merely wipe hard.
Anyway, my plan is to get a new bottling bucket, spoon (stainless steel), bottling wand and tubing. Also, buy some iodophor and alternate between that and starsan from now on, and getting rid of all of the above possible infection spots.