Recent content by lulubrewer

I agree. And yes, I too probably had a concentration that was higher than normal since it was in my spray bottle. I would be concerned about the long term though: a normal starsan concentration must be deteriorating the plastic over time considering what a high concentration did in only 4 weeks...

Had the same problem happen to me. I bought eva barrier and duotight fittings in January following all the praises. I installed them between my regulator and gas QD. I sanitized them with starsan. I may have assembled them wet from starsan as I typically do. I put the little lock rings on both...

Well, the off flavor of my second to last batch had a metallic quality to it. I have solved the source of the metallic part of the off flavor. It was an error on my part using Bar Keepers Friend to clean the kegs. I have always heard the stainless steel will re-passivate itself pretty much...

OK. So I will clean everthing with PBW, rince well, then boil all the parts that can be boiled for a few minutes (I'm thinking: the disassembled quick disconnects, the disassembled keg posts, the keg lids, the dip tubes and the kettle ball valve), then sanitize everything with iodophor followed...

Now that I think of it, doesn't brett feed on esters? I feel like I have read that somewhere. That would explain why I never got any belgian yeast charactersitics in my second tripel despite fermenting it relatively warm and why it was always smelling and testing dry...

so... I opened a bottle of each batch of tripels which are I think 3 and 2 years old. The oldest one has hints of port and some oxidized hops flavor and aroma. Nothing surprising I guess for a 3+ year old bottled homebrew. The youngest one (at least 2 years old) has a very dry aroma and flavor...

Brewdude88: The 1st tripel was a siphon. The following 3 batches were using the new kettle with a ball valve. I had never really disassembled it to cleaned (just PBW). I disassembled it a couple weeks ago and noticed some moisture from the last cleaning session (which happened a month earlier)...

Jako, Did you get anything in the aroma? All I get is a lingering taste at the very top of the roof of the mouth. It has a dry cardboardy quality. I could akso possibly note a hint of soapiness to it (not floral, almost fatty). As for water, some batches were not using any gypsum at all so did...

It's possible. Probably not due to the chiller thought since it's an immersion chiller. To answer your question, the wort from the mash tun is transferred to a bucket via some tubing, without unnecessary splashing. I also forgot to mention that I don't detect anything in the aroma.

Thanks for the reply. I understand that brewing more often would help, but it's sadly not an option. I don't really know if the flavor develops after carbonation or if it becomes noticeable because of carbonation. Quite frankly, I don't think I can claim to know what a normal beer should taste...

Hi, I have brewed 4 times over the last 2 years and have always been having the same off flavor. (I have been brewing for 8 years, a couple batches a year. I feel like I have always had this issue, but considering the time period I can't say for sure that I have) It is an aftertaste that...

Sorry for the week delay, I brewed a Belgian Wit last weekend. 100% distilled water following the "Water Primer" thread to add just enough calcium chloride and 2% acid malt. I completed with phosphoric acid to get a good mash ph. All this using colorphast ph strips to control and adjust. We...

Thanks for the replies. the beers were not overcarbonated (the English pales were actually quite low). The 2 Belgian dark they were using one pound of caramunich for one and of a combo of caramunich /specialB for the other, but it's a strong beer, so the off flavor may not be detectable if...

Hi everyone, I have a weird off flavor in my beers. The off flavor starts at week 2-3 after bottling. It is a bitter off flavor in the back of the roof of the mouth (nothing to do with hop bitterness). it is mainly an aftertaste. it is hard to describe and if I'm coming to you guys it is...

Thanks for the answers.