Nope, nope, nope and nope...wow people really do read what they want around here don't they...
I never said it wasn't the hose.
I never doubted the smell coming from the hose.
I never said it had to be sanitised.
BUT Foles had to have done SOMETHING to the hose PRIOR to use! It is extremely unlikely that the PVC hose leached enough plasticiser and monomer in the 5-10 minutes it took to drain the kettle...10 years in the lab playing with this stuff tells me this!
Where I was driving is that I can kill any PVC hose and make it leach plasticiser and monomer in under an hour at room temperature with basic stuff in any brewery (and silicon a bit longer)...what I was trying to ascertain in an unbiased manner was whether Foles had actually done this...unfortunately he never answered all of my questions. If Foles has done it with the PVC, and the instant he used it he could taste the result (remember he replaced the PVC hose with new hose) then he will in all likelihood kill the silicon (but it will take a little longer) unless he has or will change something else! What that is is the real issue!
THIS IS ABOUT PROCESS!
BUT I now understand the nature of the all knowing master brewers who inhabit this forum who know so much that there posts should never be questioned! So laughable!
...and here I thought this forum was about improving technique, equipment, processes etc and being able to discuss these...so silly of me!