The wort isnt stringy or snotty- just normal, even after the fermentation finishes!well reading this...its either your racking cane(moving beer from fermenter to keg) or keg-lines/taps....but it sounds like my fav and first infection...the fermenter tap!!....... pulled that apart and cleaned it???
altstart said:Good day
It is possible to get an infection in the kettle at the back of the tap. And it will survive boiling. I speak from personal experience such an infection cost me approx 900 ltrs of beer. When iI finally found it I could have kicked myself I cannot count the number of times I looked at that tap and dismissed it as the source of the infection with the thought that the tap would be sterilised by the boil. When I finally out of sheer desperation checked the tap it was so obvious it was the source. I now have a three piece S/S tap and it gets stripped and sanitised every time it is used.
Cheers Altstart
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craigarino said:Thanks guys, the new fermenter will be ready for the weekend!
I have let the first few infected ones go right through and keg them! Still rubbish, in fact very funny watching the neighbour who quite likes beer, see just how long he could hold them in his mouth for!! Its happened so many times now, and the smell is so distinctive, Im pouring them out after a week ( you can also taste it in the yeast foam! as the monks say, good yeast should taste good!)!
Fingers crossed for this weekend- I might even use bi lo bottled water!
Thanks again- ill keep you all informed!
Craig
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