Noob to brewing, just opened my first bottle...

[joety]

I was a firm believer in bleach until I had my first "Bandaid" beer. This was somewhere around my 10th batch. I always thought I rinsed very well, but this time I must have missed something. I had to dump the whole batch. Never again will I use bleach to sanitize. I use StarSan exclusively and after about 300 more gallons, I've not had another ruined batch. Use bleach if you like, but you'd better rinse very, very well and don't miss anything. I don't think I'll ever use it again unless it's an emergency and I'm out of StarSan.

Yikes, never dump a batch for those reasons. Time heals all wounds, as they say. Unless it was really contaminated, no reason to dump.

 

[gwalt]

Yikes, never dump a batch for those reasons. Time heals all wounds, as they say. Unless it was really contaminated, no reason to dump.

Or if he is going to dump it... give me a call... I can take it off your hands and give a little bit o' patience!

 

[hungrymonkey]

Cracked one open from this batch that I originally posted about.

was very enjoyable, with no off flavors.
I still have the majority of bottles left. Probably 3/4 of the batch.
I had tried one at six months post bottling and it still had some odd flavors.
I forgot that I still had this batch. Until I was cleaning out the beer closet. 12 months in the dark, seems to have done the trick.

 

[Justibone]

That's hilarious! Time heals all, even beers....