Hi, I am relatively new to brewing but had a question that I could not find the answer to on a search of this forum. not asking whether or not to sanitize the caps, but if anyone had noticed any problem with using onestep to do so. a run-down of my problem:
brewed an irish red, and bottled in regular 12 oz bottles and also a trio of 750 ml growlers (with the swing top). all bottles very clean and sanitized in the sani-wash of a dishwasher. primed with corn sugar.
sanitized the caps in onestep and shook off the excess solution but did not rinse off. also did not contact my fingers or anything else. bottled everything with no issues.
2-3 weeks later every single bottle (tried 12 so far) with an "off-odor" and a slight "off" taste; I can only describe it as 'musty' but maybe slightly fruity (but not in a good way). all the growlers (which were not exposed to onestep) were excellent and without this odor.
has anyone else had any such problem? as I said I am relatively new to this, but given that onestep works by making peroxide (oxygen radicals) is there any theoretical risk of oxidizing the beer? if it weren't such an obvious difference between bottles and growlers I would suspect something in the beer itself, but as I said the growlers were just fine. I am pretty sure I mixed up the onestep at the exact recommended ratio.
would appreciate any comments.
brewed an irish red, and bottled in regular 12 oz bottles and also a trio of 750 ml growlers (with the swing top). all bottles very clean and sanitized in the sani-wash of a dishwasher. primed with corn sugar.
sanitized the caps in onestep and shook off the excess solution but did not rinse off. also did not contact my fingers or anything else. bottled everything with no issues.
2-3 weeks later every single bottle (tried 12 so far) with an "off-odor" and a slight "off" taste; I can only describe it as 'musty' but maybe slightly fruity (but not in a good way). all the growlers (which were not exposed to onestep) were excellent and without this odor.
has anyone else had any such problem? as I said I am relatively new to this, but given that onestep works by making peroxide (oxygen radicals) is there any theoretical risk of oxidizing the beer? if it weren't such an obvious difference between bottles and growlers I would suspect something in the beer itself, but as I said the growlers were just fine. I am pretty sure I mixed up the onestep at the exact recommended ratio.
would appreciate any comments.