IPA flavor degradation

[kaconga]

If it is an infection in every single bottle that somehow occurs at bottling then every piece of plastic you use during bottling is suspect. The dishwasher could be the culprit but I would toss all the plastic and get new stuff.

 

[dogbar]

If it is an infection in every single bottle that somehow occurs at bottling then every piece of plastic you use during bottling is suspect. The dishwasher could be the culprit but I would toss all the plastic and get new stuff.

This. It's not the bottles, it's somewhere earlier in the process.

Could be racking cane, tubing, bottling bucket (disassembled the spigot recently?) or anything else. You would not see infections in every bottle otherwise.

 

[richlong8020]

Not really, when you think of it. Clean your gear with OxyClean and rinse well. If there are no big scratches in any of the plastic then you are in pretty good shape. Sanitize everything really well with StarSan.

Remember that making beer is 10% out of 100. The other 90% is all cleaning and sanitizing. Keep trying, we all have had a bad batch or two.

 

[corpsman619]

What are you taking about? The recommended instructions are 1-2 min contact time. The downside to Iodphor are that it stains and it cannot be reused. Check out the link


http://www.allqa.com/IodophorSanitizing.htm

 

[LovesIPA]

Regardless using Idophore takes too long. StarSan may not be cheap but the instant sanitizing and no rinse makes it the best and easiest to use.

To my knowledge StarSan doesn't sanitize instantly either and has the same contact time as Iodophor. Both are no-rinse sanitizers as well.

Use whatever you want, but at least tell people the truth.

I also don't care for the way Iodophor stains plastic. That's the reason I switched to StarSan.

 

[corpsman619]

+1 Loves IPA. I'm using Iodophor right now but only because I got it for free and cant justify spending money to get Star San when Iodophor will work. I will definitely switch when I have to though.