duck911
Active Member
The title says it all.
Every beer I brew has a slight apricot flavor.
Ales, pilsners, and lagers. It doesn't matter.
I can tell you what is NOT the culprit:
Water: I have used tap water, bottled water, etc. No impact.
Yeast: I have used ale and pilsner yeasts at all different temps. No impact
Beer lines: The flavor exists from bottles (test batch for this reason) and kegs. So it's not my keg lines.
LME: I use LME from my local brewshop, but also brew plenty of batches from AHS and other on-line retailers, including partial mash.
Here are the constants:
1) I rotate fermentation in 2 or 3 different *plastic* buckets
2) I partial boil the LME on an electric stove (but again, also do partial mash batches)
3) I use Starsan for all sanitation
Right now, I suspect Starsan is the culprit. I know, don't fear the foam..... But I brewed for years using iodine based sanitizers and never remember hearing the complaints. Since I started using Starsan a couple years ago, I get these complaints. I guess a non-Starsan batch will be my next control test....
But does anyone have any ideas??
thanks,
--Duck911
Every beer I brew has a slight apricot flavor.
Ales, pilsners, and lagers. It doesn't matter.
I can tell you what is NOT the culprit:
Water: I have used tap water, bottled water, etc. No impact.
Yeast: I have used ale and pilsner yeasts at all different temps. No impact
Beer lines: The flavor exists from bottles (test batch for this reason) and kegs. So it's not my keg lines.
LME: I use LME from my local brewshop, but also brew plenty of batches from AHS and other on-line retailers, including partial mash.
Here are the constants:
1) I rotate fermentation in 2 or 3 different *plastic* buckets
2) I partial boil the LME on an electric stove (but again, also do partial mash batches)
3) I use Starsan for all sanitation
Right now, I suspect Starsan is the culprit. I know, don't fear the foam..... But I brewed for years using iodine based sanitizers and never remember hearing the complaints. Since I started using Starsan a couple years ago, I get these complaints. I guess a non-Starsan batch will be my next control test....
But does anyone have any ideas??
thanks,
--Duck911