Recent content by Johnny-O

Interesting, good to know. Cheers.

Not sure if this will help anyone or not, but I had the sulfur problem in a big way. I had let Star San sit in my lines and taps overnight. All four taps were pure rotten egg after that. It was gross. I never got around to buying all the chemicals, and frankly I was a bit daunted by the idea...

I'm not sure if this will help anyone, or even if this was just a fluke but I had the same issue with my Perlicks. I ignorantly left Star San in the lines overnight, thinking I was sanitizing them "real good" only to discover a horrible rotten egg smell in the first finger or two of beer poured...

Gave this ago a few weeks back by leaving some agar plates out and all six of them grew a disgusting amount of mold and were pretty useless. So instead I picked a fig, a lemon, and mandarin from trees around my property and let them sit in a jar of wort overnight. I pulled out the fruit and left...

Thanks for the PDF.

I'm fairly positive it was either the Star San. I have read a lot of other comments on the web claiming the same thing. It makes total sense if even the manufacturer is claiming that low PH beverages cause the problem. I've soaked in PBW overnight without issue before, and I always run Star San...

Thanks. I've had the taps for about 9 months and never had the issue at all. But I never left Star San in them overnight either. Doing that seems to have caused the issue, and it's VERY strong in every single tap. Even though the beer that is in them is normal beer, the low PH Star San seems to...

Sorry, which fix are you referring to? There is a lot of info in this post and a few suggestions. Are you referring to post # 58? This is such a bummer. The smell is there on every first pull. I had hoped it would dissipate but no luck. The smell of sulfur is so off putting it's just about...

Damn, the other night I let PBW sit in my lines overnight and then let Star San sit in my lines for the next night while I carbed up my beer. Only to pour a first pint of the most over the top sulpher smell I've ever smelt in a beer. When I run out some beer it seems to go away. But if I let the...

Thanks Crusader. You're up on the site. A few more clubs and a club night of some sort will have to happen. Should be fun.

Sweet as, thanks. Added you guys to the list. Once we get a few more groups on the list, regional, or even national comp would be awesome. If nothing else, some homebrew swaps are probably in order.

Speaking of which, we also just started a homebrew club up in Kerikeri/Waipapa in the Far North. We meet on the second Tuesday of each month. Join the FB page for more info and/or come join us for a meet up: https://www.facebook.com/groups/farnorthhomebrewclub