Green Tarp
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I noticed a sourish taste in my recent batch of octoberfest (pm kit), so I took it down to my brew supply and the bad news was wild yeast infection. It doesnt tast bad so much as just not right. Same taste as I had gotten in a couple of my earlier batches of wheat beer and a cream ale, tho my more recent beers, a couple nut brown batches.. chocolate porter.. strong belgian... have been fine. I sanitize the heck out of everything (iodophor) but they said to try taking apart things like bucket spigots, places where hose meets plastic (as in on an autosiphon) and things like that.. then let them soak in sanitizer.
My brewing partner also gets impatient with cooling now and again and will use handfuls of ice from the freezer.. usually when boiling water to top off a carboy and they said thats a major no no unless I boil and freez my own.. etc. sooo.. that wont be happening anymore. hopefully no issues with the batches I have currently going.. a stout almost ready to bottle.. a nutbrown ready for secondary and a light lager a few days from secondary.
My brewing partner also gets impatient with cooling now and again and will use handfuls of ice from the freezer.. usually when boiling water to top off a carboy and they said thats a major no no unless I boil and freez my own.. etc. sooo.. that wont be happening anymore. hopefully no issues with the batches I have currently going.. a stout almost ready to bottle.. a nutbrown ready for secondary and a light lager a few days from secondary.