plastic off flavor from better bottle

[zgreenside]

Tl;Dr at the bottom.
I'm thinking there isn't much I can do at this point other than give it time and pray, but here's the scoop.
I made a Munich Dunkel on 12/31, ended up being super efficient and had 8 gallons on a 6 gallon batch. Could only fit 6 gallons in my primary and didn't want to waste the rest, so it threw it in my 3 gallon better bottle and thought nothing of it (first time using the BB). Fast forward to 2/7, I kegged the first 5 gallons and it was phenomenal! Won first place with it in a local competiton, so definitely very good!

There's another competition coming up next month, so I figured it was time to keg the stuff in the BB so that I can enter it (and thus kegged last night, 3/3), but upon tasting it tonight I'm getting a very strong plastic smell that I can only attribute to the BB. It still tastes great, but I can't enter something that smells like that especially after winning with it in another comp. Is this something that might disapate with time (within reason so that I can enter it in ~ 1 month) or am I stuck with a plastic beer D:

My other question is with yeast washing. I washed the yeast from the better bottle so I could keep some around, will I run into issues of plastic taste using this yeast again, or should I not worry?

Thanks and sorry for the wall o text

Tl;dr - made beer in better bottle, now tastes/smells like better bottle.

 

[govner1]

Did you thoroughly Clem the BB before using it? Any container, plastic, metal, or glass often have residues from manufacturing.
I've used BB's exclusively for four years & have never had any issues.


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[zgreenside]

Did you thoroughly Clem the BB before using it? Any container, plastic, metal, or glass often have residues from manufacturing.
I've used BB's exclusively for four years & have never had any issues.


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I want to say yes, I'm always good with cleaning, but I think I thought because it was new that I could just sanitize with star San and it would be good to go. That must be where I faulted :/

With time do you think the smell might disapate? I can drink it no problem, but I won't turn it in to a comp like this . Not to mention I still have some of the original left, I'll just have to conserve it and hope the hops don't disapate much in another month

 

[govner1]

Not sure about this batch. Give it some time & see. At least it was the overage on a very good beer.
Good luck!


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[zgreenside]

Not sure about this batch. Give it some time & see. At least it was the overage on a very good beer.
Good luck!


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Very much agreed!

 

[sudbuster]

Friends of plastic, I have 8 better bottles and 6 glass carboys, and 2 ss conicals in my brewshed. I can taste the plastic. Fuss as you will, There is a taste of plastic. I wish it were not so. I love better bottles. But I can taste a difference between glass and plastic. Sorry if some take offense,.