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I think have a bad bottle of gas. Just curious if anybody has run across this before.
I have had a steel 5lb bottle of co2 for about 4-5 months. If always wondered if it's messed up. I carbonated two pale ales that seemed to have a weird taste like a faint vegetable taste, however nobody but me detects that off flavor. Those two beers are long gone now.
So I thought that might have been a brewing defect like DMS but I have vigorous boils, I chill super fast and don't use pilsner malt. I've NEVER had this problem before.
I have two new beers on tap that have been on 10psi for three weeks and beer still seems flat. All three kegs. Even my nitro faucet when swapped with nitrogen gas at 30psi seems to have zero impact. Typically, I carb my nitro beers 48 hours then switch to nitro. None of my kegs are leaking either. I don't see any bubbles when sprayed with soapy water. I have a three tapper, the oldest beer I tap was fully carbed in November, and it seems flat now. It was carbed on the other bottle.
I'm ready to put my back up bottle of gas on now.
FWIW - I've always had aluminum bottles, this sucker I got from a tank exchange is steel. I'm wondering if I have a mislabeled bottle of gas.
Looking for info or ideas....
Thanks.
I have had a steel 5lb bottle of co2 for about 4-5 months. If always wondered if it's messed up. I carbonated two pale ales that seemed to have a weird taste like a faint vegetable taste, however nobody but me detects that off flavor. Those two beers are long gone now.
So I thought that might have been a brewing defect like DMS but I have vigorous boils, I chill super fast and don't use pilsner malt. I've NEVER had this problem before.
I have two new beers on tap that have been on 10psi for three weeks and beer still seems flat. All three kegs. Even my nitro faucet when swapped with nitrogen gas at 30psi seems to have zero impact. Typically, I carb my nitro beers 48 hours then switch to nitro. None of my kegs are leaking either. I don't see any bubbles when sprayed with soapy water. I have a three tapper, the oldest beer I tap was fully carbed in November, and it seems flat now. It was carbed on the other bottle.
I'm ready to put my back up bottle of gas on now.
FWIW - I've always had aluminum bottles, this sucker I got from a tank exchange is steel. I'm wondering if I have a mislabeled bottle of gas.
Looking for info or ideas....
Thanks.
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