So I took some of my hoppy blonde ale to a homebrewing meeting and they all picked up that there is some kind of plastic/chemically taste to my beer. They think it is due to the fact that I fermented the batch in a plastic fermentor. I'm not entirely convinced that is the culprit.
I use a drinking water safe hose with an inline water filter for my brewing water. I have rinsed my mash tun cooler and brew kettle with unfiltered tap water before, so that could be an issue. And I have made star san solution with unfiltered tap water as well.
The blonde that is in question did seem to lag If I recall because it got fairly cold in the basement when I was fermenting it (a little under 60). I also am wondering if it could be my bottling equipment (bottling bucket,wand,autosiphon).
I submitted 2 beers to a homebrew competition that both used plastic fermentors, porter and double ipa, and the judges did not have any criticisms regarding chlorophenols. Although those were bigger darker beers than a blonde.
I use a drinking water safe hose with an inline water filter for my brewing water. I have rinsed my mash tun cooler and brew kettle with unfiltered tap water before, so that could be an issue. And I have made star san solution with unfiltered tap water as well.
The blonde that is in question did seem to lag If I recall because it got fairly cold in the basement when I was fermenting it (a little under 60). I also am wondering if it could be my bottling equipment (bottling bucket,wand,autosiphon).
I submitted 2 beers to a homebrew competition that both used plastic fermentors, porter and double ipa, and the judges did not have any criticisms regarding chlorophenols. Although those were bigger darker beers than a blonde.