meltroha
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Chlorophenolic: a term when chlorine mixes with an organic compound, gives off plastic aroma and flavor. I brewed a English black ipa with bourbon soaked oak chips, and the bottles I drank early on had a plastic aroma and flavor. This was before we started treating horribly chlorinated tap water with campden, this was the second all grain after switching from extract. I thought I screwed something up, and was pissed, now almost a year later I discover it was the oak (organic compound) not playing well with chlorinated water. Whew!