daanmuller
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I have been having a problem with off beer. I can't pin point the smell other than its aweful.
I sterilized all my brewing utenstiles in the sink with sod met for 30 mins and did the same with my fermenters over night.
I have been trying to do a LCBA and this was my 3rd attempt. with a failure.
I do a standard mash with a temp of 65c for 1 hour. My wort is clear and tastes and smells normal sweet and malty. I drop this in to my boil kettle (50l keg shell) I sterilized this with boiling water and keg cleaner and gave it a good rinse.
I fill the boiler up and boil for 15 mins before my hop additions. 75 mins later my wort is ready for transfer to the no chill cube. Crystal clean wort. I let sit over night and kept it at 20c once cooled. about 3-4 days later it starts to ferment. (bretts?) I threw the batch out as it was really bad. Cleaned the nochill again and just put a standard kit in there 3.5% just to see if the cubes were being sterilized properly and been 6 days with out activity.
So I can rule out my fermenters and nochill cubes. But somehow the wort is picking up an infection, but I cant figure out where. Once the boil is done i cover the keg with cling wrap. I suspect my ball locks but I run boiling water through it, so I can't figure out the situtation.
Any suggestions on how to test equipment?
I sterilized all my brewing utenstiles in the sink with sod met for 30 mins and did the same with my fermenters over night.
I have been trying to do a LCBA and this was my 3rd attempt. with a failure.
I do a standard mash with a temp of 65c for 1 hour. My wort is clear and tastes and smells normal sweet and malty. I drop this in to my boil kettle (50l keg shell) I sterilized this with boiling water and keg cleaner and gave it a good rinse.
I fill the boiler up and boil for 15 mins before my hop additions. 75 mins later my wort is ready for transfer to the no chill cube. Crystal clean wort. I let sit over night and kept it at 20c once cooled. about 3-4 days later it starts to ferment. (bretts?) I threw the batch out as it was really bad. Cleaned the nochill again and just put a standard kit in there 3.5% just to see if the cubes were being sterilized properly and been 6 days with out activity.
So I can rule out my fermenters and nochill cubes. But somehow the wort is picking up an infection, but I cant figure out where. Once the boil is done i cover the keg with cling wrap. I suspect my ball locks but I run boiling water through it, so I can't figure out the situtation.
Any suggestions on how to test equipment?